Socorro Wellness & Rehabilitation: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Socorro Wellness & Rehabilitation is a 66-bed for-profit nursing home in Socorro, New Mexico, part of Opco Skilled Management. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.61 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 18% above the New Mexico average of 2.21, and 50.7% nursing staff turnover (New Mexico average 53.3%).
Socorro Wellness & Rehabilitation
1203 Highway 60 WestSocorro, NM 87801
Socorro 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. At Socorro Wellness & Rehabilitation, nurse aides logged 2.61 hours per resident per day, 18% above the New Mexico average. With about 59 residents a day, that works out to roughly 154 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Mexico avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.61 | 2.21 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.60 | 0.70 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.50 | 0.63 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.70 | 3.53 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.24 | 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
50.7% of nursing staff at Socorro Wellness & Rehabilitation left over the year CMS measured, against a New Mexico average of 53.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 55.6%. 3 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 16, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 17 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. Socorro Wellness & Rehabilitation holds 4 of 5 overall; the New Mexico average is 2.9.
About Socorro Wellness & Rehabilitation
- Ownership: For profit - Individual
- Chain: Opco Skilled Management, 66 homes
- Legal name: Socorro Wellness & Rehabilitation LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 1992
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Socorro Wellness & Rehabilitation
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Belen | 42.1 | 120 | 1.74 | 2.90 | 54.0% | 2 | None |
| Paloma Springs Healthcare LLC T or C | 66.3 | 94 | 2.16 | 3.11 | 30.0% | 4 | $19,971 |
| New Mexico State Veterans Home Truth or Consequences | 67.5 | 131 | 4.47 | 6.02 | 84.1% | 3 | $44,226 |
| Las Estancias by Pure Health Albuquerque | 67.6 | 120 | 2.54 | 3.94 | 32.5% | 5 | None |
| Laguna Rainbow Nursing Center Casa Blanca · abuse citation | 74.8 | 58 | 3.03 | 4.61 | 70.2% | 2 | $24,570 |
| Mescalero Care Center Mescalero · staffing data not validated | 89.7 | 40 | — | — | — | 1 | 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.