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Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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205 Moonglow,
Alamogordo NM 88310

(575) 434-4510

68.8% estimated occupancy 1

Please note our records indicate that Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.

Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center is an average-sized nursing home in Alamogordo, New Mexico. It looks like this is a very respectable nursing home. We gave it an overall grade of B, which is a respectable grade. Based on our assessment, this facility looks like a good fit for quite a few people. Lastly, this nursing home's ownership changed in the last year, so we will need to monitor it to confirm it maintains its high level of care.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In addition to being a quality facility overall, this nursing home excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. Short-term care ratings are critical for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 5.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. Nursing grades are primarily associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

We also awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This is a very respectable nursing score. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are quite insignificant. While this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next category we looked at is long-term care. This nursing home was awarded a grade of B- for the area. Our long-term care ratings are crucial for prospective residents requiring non-healthcare services such as personal care. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 96.86275 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is more than the average nursing home. This place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center, 6.98% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center, 3.53% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents that have had a fall resulting in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center, 21.2% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center, 4.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center, 2.23% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients showing depressive symptoms. High rates of depression could reveal lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center, 97.34% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center, 17.87% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center, 8.44% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is vital to residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center, 8.44% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center, 26.92% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center, 72.35% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Gerald Champion Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.42 miles away2669 North Scenic Drive Alamogordo New Mexico 88310Voluntary non-profit - Private(575) 443-6100

Nearby Dialysis

  • Alamogordo Dialysis (Fmc)2.23 miles away2578 Medical Dr Alamogordo New Mexico 88310Dialysis Stations: 17 (575) 437-9731

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=325043