Canyon Transitional Rehabilitation Center

Canyon Transitional Rehabilitation Center sits at 10101 Lagrima De Oro Rd NE in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and doesn't accept new patients right now, but it's been known as a 73-bed skilled nursing facility overseen by Genesis Healthcare, Inc., with care options focused on helping people recover and return home after a hospital stay. The staff speaks English and provides transitional rehabilitation and long-term care, with short-stay and ACCELerate Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation therapy programs, covering physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and offering specialized services like orthopedic rehab for injuries, joint replacement, or amputation, along with wound and pain management, palliative and hospice care, vision and podiatry care, and psychiatric services, all overseen by registered nurses, attending physicians, and care professionals such as Administrator Jordanne Stuart, Medical Director Dr. Bhupinder Walia, and Director of Nursing Brian Woods. The center focuses on supporting recovery with common areas, lounge spaces, a baby grand piano, an activity room, a dining hall, smoke-free facilities, private or semi-private rooms with individual climate control, a beauty salon, and a safe environment for residents who have cognitive deficits, plus an alarm system. Canyon has wireless internet, mail and newspaper service, phone access, laundry, housekeeping, computer access, pharmaceutical delivery, and pets are allowed at the facility, and there are educational, religious, cultural, and social activities to help keep folks connected, with coordinated transportation and interpreter services available too, and the staff supports dietary needs, medication and pain management, vision and podiatry care, case management, discharge planning, and respite care, working to personalize care to each resident's situation. The facility is VA-contracted and a We Honor Veterans partner and accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance, and though Canyon emphasizes recreation, social, and spiritual activities, reports show it has had higher-than-average staff turnover, a history of nursing home abuse, quality issues, and health citations and violations related to things like food safety, infection control, medication safety, and resident privacy, so they're required by law to follow state and federal rules that protect residents' rights to a dignified existence, participation in activities, and protection from abuse or neglect, and the center also supplies information and resources for anyone suspecting abuse. Facility ratings from CMS track scores for health inspections, staffing, and quality, and Canyon follows individualized treatment plans for differing care needs but has had deficiencies in injury prevention and infection control noted in regulatory violations.