Raton Nursing and Rehab Center
1660 Hospital Drive, Raton NM 87740 · (575) 445-2734 · 50.25% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Raton Nursing and Rehab Center is an average-sized facility located in Raton, New Mexico. We gave this facility an F, which is really a rock-bottom score in our grading scheme. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Raton. The city has just one other nursing home. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 80 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
Even though we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a decent short-term care rating this year. We gave it a B- in that area. Short-term care grades are commonly used to gauge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To offer high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This nursing home improved its score in this category by offering more than 1.5 times as many physical therapy hours to its residents than a typical nursing home. Lastly, we considered the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 39.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
We were also pleasantly surprised to find that this facility earned a solid long-term care rating this year. We awarded it a B- in that area. With our long-term care rating, we focus on the sheer quantity of services offered by a facility, as well as some quality statistics. This nursing home's vaccination data were not as favorable as its number of nursing hours per resident. This nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 24.832216 percent of its patients. We would like to see some improvement in this area in the future. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.26 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Nurse Quality
Remarkably, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C for our nursing rating, which isn't a bad grade. There are a host of criteria included in this grade. Many of these criteria are tied to nurse staffing. According to its CMS reports, this facility provided an average of 3.9 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which was above the national average. Lastly, our nursing rating also includes applicable quality-based measures. While this nursing home excelled in terms of quantity of nursing hours, it lagged a bit in certain datapoints that focused on quality. This facility's nursing score was pulled down by its subpar performance in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers. We found that 16.4 percent of this nursing home's patients were suffering from pressure ulcers. Since some pressure ulcers could be avoided with sufficient nursing protocols, we reduce a nursing home's nursing rating when we see this kind of prevalence of pressure ulcers.
Facility Inspections
Moving on our last category of inspections, this nursing home received an F in this area. Since this information is compiled by independent government inspectors, we heavily weight poor results in this area. For facilities with bad inspection scores, you should really focus on any severe deficiencies found on their recent inspection reports. This particular nursing home was assessed 5 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they created a threat to patient health or safety. 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.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Raton Nursing and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who have suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of residents showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term 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 is the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better