Uptown Rehabilitation Center
Uptown Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque, NM — inspection on February 27, 2025.
Found 1 citation. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
F-F697.
A.
Record review of R #1's face sheet revealed she was admitted on [DATE] and discharged on [DATE], with the following diagnoses:
- Quadriplegia (paralysis of all four limbs),
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI is the result from a violent blow or jolt to the head or body),
- Neurogenic bladder (the lack of bladder control due to brain, spinal cord, or nerve problems),
- Cognitive communication deficit (consequence of brain injuries that affects a person's ability to communicate effectively),
- Cervical subluxation (partial misalignment or displacement of the vertebrae in the neck),
- Traumatic nondisplaced spondylolisthesis of cervical vertebra (a condition in which one vertebra in the spine slips forward on another due to an injury),
- Fusion of spine (surgery to connect two or more bones in any part of the spine),
- Deep dehiscence of wound (when a surgical incision reopens),
- Infection of the intervertebral disc (a serious spinal infection that can cause severe pain.)
- This is not all inclusive list.
B.
Record review of R #1's Brief Interview of Mental Status (BIMS; a screening for cognitive impairment) revealed a score of 15, cognitively intact.
Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided.
For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER TITLE (X6) DATE REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
325042
Form Approved OMB
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES (X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA (X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION (X3) DATE SURVEY AND PLAN OF CORRECTION IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: COMPLETED A.
Building 325042 B.
Wing 02/27/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Uptown Rehabilitation Center 7900 Constitution Avenue NE Albuquerque, NM 87110