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South Valley Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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1629 Bowe Lane Sw,
Albuquerque NM 87105

(505) 877-2200

91.61% estimated occupancy 1

South Valley Care Center is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This city is one of the most densely populated cities in the country with has a population of 641,349 people. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is one of the most impressive ratings that we offer. A score in this range requires first-rate scores across the board. Even in a city featuring 18 nursing homes, this one stood out as a fine option. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card was its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Individual
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Dentistry
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in New Mexico badge

Best Nursing Home in New Mexico Awards 2020

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home an A for inspections. Inspection grades are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. Nursing scores are mostly associated with the facility's nurse staffing. 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 facility 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 frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Moving on our next category, we awarded this nursing home a score of A- for our long-term care rating. This is a superb score. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 99.462364 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The last area we looked at was short-term care. In this category, we gave this facility an acceptable grade of B-. This actually was this nursing home's worst area. Our short-term care grades are critical for individuals seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The final measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

South Valley Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A+

In South Valley Care Center, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In South Valley Care Center, 1.08% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents who have had a fall which caused severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In South Valley Care Center, 1.66% of Patients had UTIs

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term care residents who sustained UTI's. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In South Valley Care Center, 21.31% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In South Valley Care Center, 12.9% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In South Valley Care Center, 0% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In South Valley Care Center, 84.31% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In South Valley Care Center, 15.76% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In South Valley Care Center, 6.11% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that maintained mobility.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In South Valley Care Center, 6.11% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Scores for Albuquerque, NM

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

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