The Rio at Las Estancias is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which is among the largest cities in the nation. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some respectable marks. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Albuquerque. We were also pleased to find that this place received consistently decent grades in each of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
The Rio at Las Estancias
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an excellent inspection score. Its inspection grade was far superior to its overall score. In the inspections category, we gave it an A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively minor. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received impressive short-term care marks in this assessment. We awarded them one of our more impressive grades in that category, with a grade of B. This turned out to be the nursing home's second best grade. In the area of short-term care, we seek to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. We were not able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given a strong grade in our long-term care category. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B in this area. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 98.281784 percent of its patients, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly is often a life or death ailment for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our next category, this nursing home was awarded a decent nursing grade of C. Our nursing score features several data points. The most important one is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This figure is far below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. It performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Rio at Las Estancias Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Rio at Las Estancias, 8.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients which suffer from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Rio at Las Estancias, 3.08% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Rio at Las Estancias, 1.47% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Rio at Las Estancias, 16.78% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Rio at Las Estancias, 13.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Rio at Las Estancias, 3.19% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. High levels of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Rio at Las Estancias, 88.36% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Rio at Las Estancias, 16.72% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Rio at Las Estancias, 18.98% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In The Rio at Las Estancias, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Rio at Las Estancias, 18.98 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Rio at Las Estancias, 15.18 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Rio at Las Estancias, 65.79% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Albuquerque, NM
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- 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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