Good Samaritan Society Las Cruces Village
3025 Terrace Drive, Las Cruces NM 88011 · (575) 522-1362 · 78.61% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Good Samaritan Society Las Cruces Village is one of six facilities located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. This nursing home is a well below average nursing home. A grade of this caliber indicates we found some red flags. Based on our assessment, this place may not be the best fit for most prospective residents. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category was short-term care, which is discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 94 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This facility received a very good grade in the category of short-term care. In fact, we awarded it a B for that category, which is one of our better scores. Short-term care grades are often employed to score a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To offer highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. It performed as well as just about any nursing home in New Mexico with 57.6 percent of its patients returning home. With most nursing homes, less than half of their short-term patients are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's second best area came in the area of long-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a C. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. As it turns out, this nursing home vaccinated just 58.050846 percent of its residents, which is several points lower than we expected. Fortunately, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.52 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Nurse Quality
Unfortunately, this facility only received a grade of D for its nursing grade, which was actually one of its better category grades. Nursing grades are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This particular nursing home provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below average. In addition to ranking below average in nursing hours per resident, this place also had poor scores in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This nursing home was at about 150 percent of the national average in both of these datapoints. This is a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. These scores pulled down this facility's nursing grade significantly.
Facility Inspections
Looking to our last category of inspections, we gave this facility a grade of just just D, which is a relatively poor grade. Our inspection grade is based on the facility's government inspection reports. Since this information is collected by independent government inspectors, we place significant weight on it in our overall grades. Our inspection grades weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. This particular facility was assessed 3 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility also received 3 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society Las Cruces Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who have suffered a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better