With an address in Silver City, New Mexico, Silver City Care Center is the sole nursing home we were able to find there. With a abysmal overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. As far as we can see, you would be better off to steer clear of this facility. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
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Silver City Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
Incredibly, we awarded this facility a B- for our short-term care grade, which isn't too bad of a score. In crafting our short-term care grades, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to create a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 4.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.
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Nurse Quality
We were surprised to find that this facility also excelled in the category of nursing. We gave it an impressive grade of D for that category, which is one of our best scores. Our nursing grade includes a variety of datapoints. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spent with patients. This facility averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is not a very impressive figure. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This facility fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at was long-term care, in which this nursing home received a bottom of the barrel score in this area as well. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F in this area, which is obviously somewhat alarming. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to find that this facility vaccinated 99.18033 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Silver City Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Silver City Care Center, 22% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Silver City Care Center, 2.87% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a fall leading to severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Silver City Care Center, 0.86% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Silver City Care Center, 31.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Silver City Care Center, 15.48% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Silver City Care Center, 10.62% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Many argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Silver City Care Center, 96.61% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Silver City Care Center, 25.63% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Silver City Care Center, 23.58% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility. Many argue that mobility is vital to residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Silver City Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Silver City Care Center, 23.58% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Silver City Care Center, 13.46% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Silver City Care Center, 61.48% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Gila Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.29 miles away1313 E 32nd St Silver City New Mexico 88061Government - Hospital District or Authority(575) 538-4100
Nearby Dialysis
- Silver City Dialysis (Dci)3.15 miles away1310 Sunset Ln Silver City New Mexico 88061Dialysis Stations: 16 (575) 538-0208