Mescalero Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Mescalero Care Center is a 40-bed nonprofit nursing home in Mescalero, New Mexico. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported no usable nurse aide staffing figure.
Mescalero Care Center
454 Lipan AvenueMescalero, NM 88340
Otero County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. Mescalero Care Center has no usable nurse aide figure in this release.
CMS note: CMS could not validate the accuracy of the staffing data. CMS could not validate the accuracy of the staffing data.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Mexico avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | — | 2.21 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | — | 0.70 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | — | 0.63 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | — | 3.53 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | — | 3.10 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Mescalero Care Center in this release.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 19, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 34 health deficiencies (New Mexico average 17.8). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Mescalero Care Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the New Mexico average is 2.9.
About Mescalero Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 17, 2003
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Mescalero Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Betty Dare Wellness & Rehabilitation LLC Alamogordo | 18.9 | 90 | 2.13 | 3.74 | 67.7% | 2 | None |
| Casa Arena Healthcare LLC Alamogordo | 20.9 | 117 | 1.76 | 2.92 | 60.8% | 1 | $124,375 |
| Northrise Wellness & Rehabilitation Las Cruces | 79.5 | 31 | 2.38 | 4.88 | 76.7% | 2 | None |
| Las Cruces Wellness & Rehabilitation LLC Las Cruces | 80.5 | 75 | 1.83 | 4.02 | 41.2% | 3 | None |
| Calibre Post Acute, LLC Las Cruces · SFF candidate | 80.9 | 120 | 2.35 | 3.72 | 52.7% | 1 | None |
| Casa De Oro Center Las Cruces · SFF candidate | 81.2 | 158 | 2.02 | 3.44 | 58.5% | 1 | $68,554 |
| Las Cruces Village Nursing & Rehabilitation LLC Las Cruces · abuse citation | 81.7 | 94 | 2.27 | 3.67 | 64.6% | 1 | None |
| Casa Del Sol Center Las Cruces | 81.8 | 62 | 2.04 | 3.52 | 62.3% | 3 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.