Casa De Oro Center
1005 Lujan Hill Road, Las Cruces NM 88005 · (575) 523-4573 · 82.59% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Casa De Oro Center is one of six nursing homes in Las Cruces, New Mexico. We gave this facility an F, which is definitely concerning in our grading scheme. Based on our assessment, this facility likely isn't a fit for anyone. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category was nursing, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 158 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We didn't have any positive things to say about this facility's overall score or its category scores. This place's best category came in nursing. However, with a grade of just D in this category, it still performed poorly. The nursing score is based on several datapoints. The most heavily weighted factor is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This particular nursing home provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below average. To go along with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this place also did not fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing major falls and pressure ulcers. This place had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second most respectable score was short-term care, but it nevertheless received a grade of just D in that category. This turns out to be a relatively poor grade. Our short-term care ratings are likely more important for folks needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually requires more highly-skilled nursing. This means not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Given its poor score in this category, we were not shocked to find that this facility provided far fewer registered nurse hours per patient than most other facilities. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well in this area. In fact, we found that just 37.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's second lowest category is long-term care, where it received just a D in that area. This is a well below average grade. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means the nursing home didn't perform well in our quality measures relating to patient care. One of the factors we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours was vaccines. We were a bit concerned this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to only 83.1579 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually decent at limiting hospitalizations. While it had 1.8 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was not as bad due to it having more complicated patients. This was its best score in this category
Facility Inspections
The final category we looked at was inspections. This nursing home didn't receive favorable inspection reports in recent years. Consequently, we had to give it an F in this category. You should pay close attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection grade. We would pay close attention to the level of severity of the deficiencies. This particular nursing home had a category J through K deficiency, which rank among the worst deficiencies. These categories mean that the government inspectors identified a deficiency which places patient safety or health in imminent jeopardy. Finally, we would like to point out that this facility was assessed significant government fines totaling more than $100,000. This usually signifies that a bad track record has been an issue for multiple years.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Casa De Oro Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This measures the percent of long-term care residents who experienced a fall which resulted in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better