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Colfax General Ltc

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Colfax General Ltc's website

615 Prospect Avenue,
Springer NM 87747

(575) 483-3300

85.29% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Colfax General Ltc has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Colfax General Ltc is located in Springer, New Mexico. This facility received an uninspiring overall grade of D based on the data we looked at. This is not the worse place we found, but we would still struggle to recommend it. The only positive thing we can really say about this facility is that it didn't receive any F's in in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • No Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - Hospital district
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in New Mexico badge

Best Nursing Home in New Mexico Awards 2019

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

Although we gave this place a poor overall grade, we actually gave it a fairly respectable score in the area of inspections, where it received a B-. This was better than its other categories. Inspection ratings are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we gave this nursing home an B-. Nursing ratings are tied to quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often an indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facilities third most favorable category was short-term care. We awarded it a B- in this area. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this area. Short-term care grades are typically used to gauge a facility's performance with rehabilitation To provide quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature higher levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its level of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. The question is whether this adversely impacted quality of care. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the number of residents that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Moving on to the last category, we awarded this facility a D for long-term care. This is the facility's least impressive category grade. Facilities that don't score well in this category often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in a few of the areas of routine medical care we assessed. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated only 87.37864 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Colfax General Ltc Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Colfax General Ltc, 2.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Colfax General Ltc, 10.68% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care patients that suffered falls which caused severe injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Colfax General Ltc, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Colfax General Ltc, 9.71% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Colfax General Ltc, 26.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Colfax General Ltc, 1.09% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Some experts would argue that this is a measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Colfax General Ltc, 83.85% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Colfax General Ltc, 27.27% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Colfax General Ltc, 18.82% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is important for patients physical and mental health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Colfax General Ltc, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Colfax General Ltc, 18.82% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.