Villa Maria Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Tucson, Arizona. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some decent marks. Even in a city of 20 other nursing homes, this facility should be a sound selection. The best part of this nursing home's report card is its stellar inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Villa Maria Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This facility received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its excellent health inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this category. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to resident safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, we gave this facility a grade of B in our short-term care category. This happens to be one of our better grades. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. It doesn't look like this nursing home provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. Our nursing rating analyzes the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, while this facility got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of our quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed well in this subcategory.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is long-term care, which ended up being this facility's worst category. We awarded this nursing home a D in that category. Of course, this category pulled down the nursing home's overall profile a bit. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 96.666664 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Villa Maria Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Villa Maria Care Center, 11.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Villa Maria Care Center, 1.11% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Villa Maria Care Center, 0.58% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Villa Maria Care Center, 5.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Villa Maria Care Center, 19.25% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are generally given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Villa Maria Care Center, 13.86% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Villa Maria Care Center, 97.78% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Villa Maria Care Center, 16.56% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Villa Maria Care Center, 14.81% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Villa Maria Care Center, 14.81% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Villa Maria Care Center, 89.98% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Tucson, AZ
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Dialysis
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