D64

Mescalero Care Center

Grade D 64/100 composite score

Non profit - Other

CMS Star Ratings

Overall
2/5
Health Insp.
2/5
Quality
Not rated
Staffing
Not rated
RN Staffing
Not rated

Certified Beds

40

Ownership

Non profit - Other

Total Fines

$32,110

Last Survey

N/A

454 Lipan Avenue, Mescalero, NM 88340
5754644802

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Staffing

Staffing data not available for this facility.

Ownership

MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE

Organization5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTERESTSince Dec 2003

100%

MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE

OrganizationOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROLSince Dec 2003

ESQUIBEL, CAROL

IndividualOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROLSince Jun 2020

ESQUIBEL, CAROL

IndividualCORPORATE DIRECTORSince Jun 2020

CERVANTES, NELVA

IndividualCORPORATE OFFICERSince Jun 2020

Penalties & Fines (5)

$32,110total fines
DateTypeDescriptionAmount
May 30, 2023Fine$4,587
May 23, 2023Fine$4,587
May 15, 2023Fine$4,587
May 8, 2023Fine$4,587
Apr 17, 2023Fine$13,762

Health Inspection Deficiencies (58)

May 19, 2025Health29 deficiencies
0580EMinimal harm, Pattern

Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

Resident Rights Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0552DMinimal harm, Isolated

Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

Resident Rights Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0605EMinimal harm, Pattern

Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.

Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0628EMinimal harm, Pattern

Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.

Resident Rights Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0636DMinimal harm, Isolated

Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0637DMinimal harm, Isolated

Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0638DMinimal harm, Isolated

Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0640DMinimal harm, Isolated

Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0641EMinimal harm, Pattern

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0655DMinimal harm, Isolated

Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0656DMinimal harm, Isolated

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0657EMinimal harm, Pattern

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0658EMinimal harm, Pattern

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0679EMinimal harm, Pattern

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0689DMinimal harm, Isolated

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0712EMinimal harm, Pattern

Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.

Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0730EMinimal harm, Pattern

Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.

Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0756EMinimal harm, Pattern

Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

Pharmacy Service Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0791EMinimal harm, Pattern

Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.

Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0801FMinimal harm, Widespread

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.

Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0812FMinimal harm, Widespread

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0842EMinimal harm, Pattern

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0941EMinimal harm, Pattern

Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members.

Administration Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0942EMinimal harm, Pattern

Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents.

Resident Rights Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0943DMinimal harm, Isolated

Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0944EMinimal harm, Pattern

Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.

Administration Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0945EMinimal harm, Pattern

Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program.

Infection Control Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0947EMinimal harm, Pattern

Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.

Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
0949DMinimal harm, Isolated

Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.

Administration Deficiencies

Corrected Jul 18, 2025
February 27, 2025Health1 deficiency
0561EMinimal harm, Pattern

Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

Resident Rights Deficiencies

Corrected Dec 17, 2024
May 22, 2024Health14 deficiencies
0636DMinimal harm, Isolated

Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 5, 2024
0656DMinimal harm, Isolated

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 5, 2024
0657EMinimal harm, Pattern

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 5, 2024
0684DMinimal harm, Isolated

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 5, 2024
0688EMinimal harm, Pattern

Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 5, 2024
0712EMinimal harm, Pattern

Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.

Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 5, 2024
0727FMinimal harm, Widespread

Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.

Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 5, 2024
0791EMinimal harm, Pattern

Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.

Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 5, 2024
0812FMinimal harm, Widespread

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 5, 2024
0842EMinimal harm, Pattern

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 5, 2024
0867FMinimal harm, Widespread

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

Administration Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 5, 2024
0880FMinimal harm, Widespread

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Infection Control Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 5, 2024
0919DMinimal harm, Isolated

Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.

Environmental Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 5, 2024
0949EMinimal harm, Pattern

Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.

Administration Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 5, 2024
June 15, 2023Health14 deficiencies
0636EMinimal harm, Pattern

Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 31, 2023
0640EMinimal harm, Pattern

Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 31, 2023
0655DMinimal harm, Isolated

Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 31, 2023
0695EMinimal harm, Pattern

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 31, 2023
0726FMinimal harm, Widespread

Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.

Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 31, 2023
0727FMinimal harm, Widespread

Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.

Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 31, 2023
0730FMinimal harm, Widespread

Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.

Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 31, 2023
0745EMinimal harm, Pattern

Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.

Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 31, 2023
0758EMinimal harm, Pattern

Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.

Pharmacy Service Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 31, 2023
0761EMinimal harm, Pattern

Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

Pharmacy Service Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 31, 2023
0812EMinimal harm, Pattern

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 31, 2023
0842DMinimal harm, Isolated

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 31, 2023
0851FMinimal harm, Widespread

Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.

Administration Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 31, 2023
0947FMinimal harm, Widespread

Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.

Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Corrected Aug 31, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the CareGrader rating for Mescalero Care Center?

Mescalero Care Center in Mescalero, New Mexico has a CareGrader grade of D (Below Average), with a composite score of 64.3 out of 100. This grade is based on health inspections, staffing levels, quality measures, and penalty history from official CMS government data.

What is the CMS star rating for Mescalero Care Center?

Mescalero Care Center has an overall CMS star rating of 2 out of 5, a health inspection rating of 2/5. CareGrader combines this with additional data to calculate an A-F grade.

How many health deficiencies does Mescalero Care Center have?

Mescalero Care Center has 58 health deficiencies on record from CMS health inspection surveys. Deficiencies are rated from A (minimal harm potential) to L (immediate jeopardy, widespread). View the full inspection timeline above for details on each deficiency.

Has Mescalero Care Center been fined?

Yes. Mescalero Care Center has $32,110 in total fines from CMS enforcement actions across 5 penalties.

How many beds does Mescalero Care Center have?

Mescalero Care Center has 40 certified beds with approximately 1 current residents (3% occupancy). The facility is located at 454 Lipan Avenue, Mescalero, New Mexico 88340. It is a non profit - other facility.

Data Disclaimer

Inspection data, staffing levels, and star ratings are sourced from CMS Medicare Nursing Home Compare and are largely self-reported by facilities. A 2019 GAO study found that 43% of facilities under-reported falls. CareGrader provides this data for informational purposes only and is not affiliated with CMS or Medicare. Always visit facilities in person before making a decision.