Taos Retirement Village

To pair with its strong overall grade, this facility earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. There are a host of criteria within this area. Many of these factors relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Another quality feature for this facility is that it received a very positive long-term care score. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In this category, we gave this nursing home a B+. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. We really didn't have any problems with this nursing home's performance in this area.

The third category we assessed was short-term care. This facility was awarded an above average short-term care score, with a grade of B in this category. Short-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

In the final area we looked at, we found that this nursing home earned a solid government inspection report this year as well. As a result, it earned a decent grade in inspections with a B-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively insignificant. We were not able to locate deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.