Mescalero Care Center
454 Lipan Avenue, Mescalero NM 88340 · (575) 464-4802 · 80.99% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Mescalero Care Center is located in Mescalero, New Mexico. The city has 3,616 people. With an overall score of C, this is likely a middle of the road facility. Based on our assessment, this facility would be a solid choice for quite a few people. The best part of this place's report card is its remarkable nursing score. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 40 Beds
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Non profit - Other
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to earning a great overall grade, this nursing home really excelled in nursing, where it received an A. Few nursing homes did better in this category. There are a number of factors within this grade. Most of the criteria relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides an impressive 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the number of its residents suffering falls leading to major injury, this nursing home performed as well as just about any place we assessed. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's short-term care grade ended up being one of its more favorable features. The facility was awarded a grade of B- in this area. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The final statistic we considered in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 41.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a middle of the road score in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a B-. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. This nursing home's vaccination data weren't as favorable as its number of nursing hours per resident. This facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 69.421486 percent of its residents. We'd love to see some improvement in this area in the future. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.87 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility is also slightly below average.
Facility Inspections
The final category we looked at was inspections. Unfortunately, this facility didn't receive glowing inspections in recent years. We had to give it an F in this area. Since this data is collected by independent government inspectors, we heavily weight negative feedback in this area. This really dragged down this nursing home's overall score. When a nursing home has this bad of an inspection score, you should look for severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. Tragically, this place was assessed multiple category J through L deficiencies. This indicates multiple widespread deficiencies placing patient safety or health in immediate jeopardy. These deficiencies are very damaging to a nursing home's inspection rating. Finally, we would like to point out that this nursing home received large government fines totaling over $100,000. This often means that a facility's bad performance has been an issue for multiple years.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mescalero Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations 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 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better