Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center
Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center is a 178-bed nursing home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 2013-08-26. It averages 129.7 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center?
CMS lists 69 health-inspection deficiencies for Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center since 2022-08-05, 51 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is K; the most recent health inspection was 2026-06-26.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | F0584 | Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. | E |
| 2026-06-26 | F0583 | Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. | D |
| 2026-05-08 | F0550 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | E |
| 2025-12-18 | F0689, F0761 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / 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. | D |
| 2025-07-30 | F0695 | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | D |
| 2025-04-17 | F0677 | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | E |
| 2025-04-03 | F0584, F0689, F0880 | Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
| 2025-02-10 | F0684, F0760 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | K |
| 2025-02-10 | F0947 | Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. | E |
| 2025-02-10 | F0552, F0578, F0641, F0655, F0730, F0756, F0758, F0761 | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. / Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted / Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / 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. / 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. | D |
| 2024-12-10 | F0677 | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | D |
| 2024-10-10 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | G |
| 2024-10-10 | F0580 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | D |
| 2024-01-25 | F0686 | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | J |
| 2024-01-16 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D |
| 2023-12-22 | F0656, F0658, F0684 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | E |
| 2023-10-13 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | J |
| 2023-10-13 | F0725, F0761, F0812, F0880, F0881, F0882 | Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. / 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. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. / Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home. | F |
| 2023-10-13 | F0554, F0561, F0578, F0656, F0657, F0695, F0803 | Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. / Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. / Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. | E |
| 2023-10-13 | F0550, F0580, F0584, F0679, F0684, F0697, F0758, F0658 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. / Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. / 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. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D |
| 2022-08-05 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F |
| 2022-08-05 | F0561, F0657, F0677, F0684, F0685, F0686, F0688, F0689, F0693, F0712, F0759, F0921 | Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / 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. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. / Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits. / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. / Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | E |
| 2022-08-05 | F0550, F0622, F0655, F0690, F0791 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged. / Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. | D |
Why was Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center fined 5 times?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-10 | Fine | $39,507 |
| 2024-10-10 | Fine | $14,269 |
| 2023-12-22 | Fine | $98,550 |
| 2023-10-30 | Fine | $3,145 |
| 2023-10-13 | Fine | $11,963 |
How is Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center staffed?
| Measure | This facility | NM average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.68529 | 3.53305 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 70.3 | 53.3 |
| Average number of residents per day | 129.7 | 84.9 |
Who owns Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center, and what chain is it in?
Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center is registered with CMS as For profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name ST. CATHERINE HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC and belongs to the GENESIS HEALTHCARE chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | SUMMIT CARE LLC | since 02/02/2007 |
| 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | FC-GEN OPERATIONS INVESTMENT LLC, GEN OPERATIONS I LLC, GEN OPERATIONS II LLC, GENESIS HEALTHCARE INC, GENESIS HEALTHCARE LLC, SKILLED HEALTHCARE LLC, SUMMIT CARE PARENT LLC, SUN HEALTHCARE GROUP INC, WHITMAN, ARNOLD | since 01/01/2013 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | BERG, MICHAEL, BRIDGEFORD, LAURA, MENDELSON, AVI | since 02/02/2015 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | GENESIS HEALTHCARE LLC, JENKINS, KAREN, ROTHMAN, EMILY | since 02/02/2015 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | GENESIS ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES LLC, POWERBACK REHABILITATION LLC, JENKINS, KAREN, ROTHMAN, EMILY | since 02/16/2025 |
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