Taos Living Center
1340 Maestas Road, Taos NM 87571 · (575) 758-2300 · 90.39% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Taos Living Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Taos, New Mexico. With an overall grade of B, this nursing home is one of the top 25 nursing homes in New Mexico. You could certainly do much worse than this place. Fortunately, this nursing home didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories. More information about these categories is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 102 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to its strong overall grade, we awarded this facility an impressive grade of A+ for our long-term care grade. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 99.696045 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is often a dangerous ailment for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility does not leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this place had 2.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its quality profile, this facility also earned favorable health inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite minor. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given a favorable short-term care grade. Indeed, we gave it an above average grade of B in this category. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for prospective residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The final item we considered in this area is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. It performed better than most nursing homes in this area with 52.6 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
The next area we looked at is nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this area. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. Our nursing rating assesses the facility's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provided just 3.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This figure is significantly below the national average. Lastly, although this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of our quality metrics. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this area.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Taos Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better