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Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center's website

5545 East Lee Street,
Tucson AZ 85712

65.03% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center is a large nursing home located in Tucson, Arizona. This is a well below average nursing home, with an overall grade of D. Fortunately, this nursing home is one of 20 nursing homes in this city so if you aren't impressed, you should have better options. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was inspections, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Phone Placement:
(866) 905-1243

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Lymphedema Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

Although we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a B- for inspections. This score is more respectable than this facility's overall grade. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are quite minor. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's next best category ended up being short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a B-. Our short-term care grades are critical for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing. This means a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical facility. The final metric we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 5.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. In calculating a facility's nursing rating, we consider the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients and the level of skill of those nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

Switching gears to our last category, this nursing home was awarded an acceptable long-term care score of C. For residents looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. One of the data points we considered after nursing hours was vaccines. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to only 83.09179 percent of its patients. On a more positive note, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 8.47% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls which result in injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 4.9% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by facilities with worst hygiene practices. Closer supervision can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 2.96% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 9.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This gauges the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 15.09% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 84.34% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 13.86% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 20.46% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 20.46% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 12.5% of Patients

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

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 75.93% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.

Scores for Tucson, AZ

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

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Nearby Dialysis

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  • Desert Dialysis Center (Dci)4.43 miles away2022 E Prince Rd Tucson Arizona 85719Dialysis Stations: 19 (520) 327-0007
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  • South Tucson Dialysis (Fmc)6.5 miles away2802 South 6th Ave Tucson Arizona 85713Dialysis Stations: 24 (520) 792-2999

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