Overview
Uptown Rehabilitation Center has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the New Mexico average of 2.9. It ranks 12th of 18 nursing homes in Albuquerque. Its strongest area is quality of care (4 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.3 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 59% of nursing homes in New Mexico (the state average is 3.6 hours). Of that, 0.8 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on May 5, 2025, found 20 health deficiencies, more than the New Mexico average of 17.2. 6 of them came from complaint investigations. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 61% of New Mexico nursing homes have been fined.
Uptown Rehabilitation Center is a for-profit facility with 134 certified beds, caring for about 115 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1985.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 67%
Top 69%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- May 5, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 20
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 6
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.32 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.78 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.63 hrs
- Nurse aides1.91 hrs
- Physical therapists0.05 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 134
- Average residents per day
- 115
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- August 30, 1985
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes