Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center is a large nursing home located in Tucson, Arizona. It looks like this is a fine facility. We gave this it an overall grade of B+, which is very good score. Even in a city of 21 nursing homes, this facility really stands out. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's profile is its strong short-term care rating, which you can find in the next section.
Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Lymphedema Care
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this facility an A for our short-term care grade. Our short-term care grade is often employed to grade a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To provide good rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 6.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections. We gave it an A for that category, which is one of our best grades. This is one of the few nursing homes with an overall score in this range which received multiple category grades this high. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively minor. This place was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident safety or health. A few minor dings aren't necessarily something to panic about.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing rating is based on many factors, but the paramount one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed was long-term care, in which this facility was awarded a grade of B-. Even though this proved to be its poorest category score, this is still a middle of the pack score. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal 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 patients. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 98.78788 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations 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.
Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 9.03% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 2.25% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who had falls which caused severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 1.58% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 11.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for many conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 16.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 2.87% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 81.19% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 12.86% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate erosion of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 23.01% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility. Some would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 23.01 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 10.95 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center, 73.63% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with better rehabilitation.
Scores for Tucson, AZ
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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