RIO HONDO:
- caused IMMEDIATE JEOPARDYi to residents
- caused ACTUAL HARMi to residents
- has been designated a Special Focus Facilityi
- had inadequate staffing levelsi
RIO HONDO
has been placed on our NHAA Watchlist for the following:
Immediate Jeopardy Findingsi
On March 30, 2024, state nursing home surveyors found that RIO HONDO caused IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY to residents.
All Recent Surveys: 2024-03-30
In 8 separate written deficiencies, state nursing home surveyors found that RIO HONDO caused IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY to residents (from July 21, 2021 to March 30, 2024).
All Surveys: 2021-07-21 2023-03-16 2023-09-09 2024-03-30
Actual Harm Findingsi
On March 30, 2024 and March 30, 2024, state nursing home surveyors found that RIO HONDO caused ACTUAL HARM to residents.
All Recent Surveys: 2024-03-30 2024-03-30
In 14 separate written deficiencies, state nursing home surveyors found that RIO HONDO caused ACTUAL HARM to residents (from December 22, 2015 to March 30, 2024).
All Surveys: 2015-12-22 2018-01-25 2018-05-29 2018-08-13 2021-07-21 2023-03-16 2023-09-09 2024-03-30 2024-03-30
Worst Nursing Home Ratingsi
RIO HONDO received the worst ratings for the following:
36 months total between April, 2016 and October, 2024
75 months total between March, 2016 and October, 2024
History of Inadequate Staffingi
Understaffing has a very human cost, not only to the dignity of nursing home residents but also to their basic safety and well-being. Click here for signs and symptoms of understaffing.
Understaffing has been determined to cause patient injury and deprive residents of essential care according to numerous scientific studies.
What is inadequate overall staffing?
Below 4.1 hours of RNs, LPNs, and CNAs time for each resident per day
"Residents need a minimum total of 4.10 hours of care from RNs, LPNs, and CNAs per day for safety and basic services.
- American Nurses Association’s Position Statement dated November 12, 2014
Was RIO HONDO staffed at Inadequate levels?:
32 days
out of 182 days In 2023: 0.47397260273973
135 days
out of 365 days In 2022: 0.4027397260274
147 days
out of 365 days In 2021: 0.47397260273973
114 days
out of 365 days In 2020: 0.47267759562842
173 days
out of 366 days In 2019: 0.48767123287671
178 days
out of 365 days In 2018: 0.43835616438356
160 days
out of 365 days In 2017: 0.3013698630137
110 days
out of 365 days
per resident per day In 2024: 2.52 hours
January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2023: 2.23 hours
January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2022: 2.23 hours
January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2021: 2.23 hours
January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2020: 2.22 hours
January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2019: 2.21 hours
January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2018: 2.22 hours
January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2017: 2.24 hours
January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
per resident per day In 2024: 4.35 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024) In 2023: 3.94 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023) In 2022: 4.03 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022) In 2021: 4.04 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021) In 2020: 4.09 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020) In 2019: 4.18 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019) In 2018: 4.12 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018) In 2017: 4.02 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017)
Source — Payroll Based Journal daily staffing reports filed by this nursing home with CMS.
(For 2018, the most currently avaliable data is used above.)
Why do staffing levels matter to RIO HONDO residents?
- 98.3% of residents confined to wheelchair and/or bed
- 97.7% of residents need assistance with toileting and/or incontinent care
- 96.0% of residents needed assistance transferring from bed and/or wheelchair
- 24.3% of residents had dementia
Source -- Most recently published Resident Characteristics data (Form 672) submitted by this nursing home to CMS. (January 18, 2018)
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