CCN 325035 · Bernalillo County, New Mexico
La Vida Llena
10501 Lagrima De Oro NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111
La Vida Llena is a 58-bed nonprofit nursing home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1983. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 47.0 residents a day, about 81% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 58
- Average residents per day
- 47.0 (81.0% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Other
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Legal Business Name Not Available
- Certified since
- Mar 28, 1983
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- Location
- Urban, part of a continuing care retirement community
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | New Mexico median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 | State spread: 12 at 1, 21 at 2, 13 at 3, 7 at 4, 14 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 1 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.15 | 3.43 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.83 | 0.59 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.44 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 64.2% | 52.8% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 81.0% | 88.3% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 11 (Dec 22, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). La Vida Llena meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 4 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
CMS lists no 5% owners or managing organizations for this facility in its current ownership file.
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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