Mescalero Care Center

454 Lipan Avenue, Mescalero, NM 88340 · (575) 464-4802
Non profit - Other · 40 certified beds

Mescalero Care Center has a 2-star overall rating from Medicare, out of 5. Its last standard inspection, in May 2025, found 29 citations (the New Mexico average is 17.9). It hasn't been fined in the last three years.

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Most recent health inspection

The standard health inspection on May 19, 2025 found 29 citations. What an inspection citation means

• Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.May 19, 2025 · F0801 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.May 19, 2025 · F0812 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.May 19, 2025 · F0580 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.May 19, 2025 · F0605 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.May 19, 2025 · F0628 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.May 19, 2025 · F0641 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.May 19, 2025 · F0657 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.May 19, 2025 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.May 19, 2025 · F0679 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.May 19, 2025 · F0712 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.May 19, 2025 · F0730 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.May 19, 2025 · F0756 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.May 19, 2025 · F0791 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.May 19, 2025 · F0842 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members.May 19, 2025 · F0941 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents.May 19, 2025 · F0942 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.May 19, 2025 · F0944 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program.May 19, 2025 · F0945 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.May 19, 2025 · F0947 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.May 19, 2025 · F0552 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.May 19, 2025 · F0636 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Assess the resident when there is a significant change in conditionMay 19, 2025 · F0637 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.May 19, 2025 · F0638 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.May 19, 2025 · F0640 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admittedMay 19, 2025 · F0655 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.May 19, 2025 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.May 19, 2025 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.May 19, 2025 · F0943 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.May 19, 2025 · F0949 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few

Complaint inspections, last three years

Inspections after complaints found 6 citations.

• Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.June 10, 2026 · F0628 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.December 5, 2025 · F0568 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.December 5, 2025 · F0600 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.December 5, 2025 · F0609 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.December 5, 2025 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.February 27, 2025 · F0561 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some

Fines and payment denials

No fines or payment denials in the last three years.

Nurse staffing

Hours of nursing care per resident per day, as the home reports them to Medicare through payroll records.

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