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Age with grace in the comforts of your home with the extraordinary senior care provider, Brookdale at Home Valencia, based in Valencia Drive Southeast, Albuquerque, NM, providing companionship, personal care, and respite care. With its commitment to enhancing seniors’ quality of life, the community delivers top-tier care and assistance for a hassle-free retirement. A team of kind and highly trained professionals works closely with the seniors and their families to provide care plans tailored to their needs and aspirations.
Retirement can be intimidating, hence, Brookdale at Home Valencia strives to keep seniors happy and active within their homes. Live every day without worries with the community taking care of the meal preparation, housekeeping, errands, and medication reminders. Brookdale at Home Valencia is ideal for seniors who require extra assistance but want to spend their golden years in the place they are most familiar with.
Lower than the New Mexico average: 78.9%Brookdale at Home® Valencia is legally operated by Blc Albuquerque-gc, Llc, and administrated by Candace Guerrero.
Key information about the people who lead and staff this community.
In New Mexico, the Department of Health, Division of Health Improvement is the primary regulatory authority that conducts unannounced inspections and investigates quality of care complaints.
This scorecard compares key inspection, citation, and complaint metrics at this facility against the New Mexico state average. Metrics rated ≥15% worse than average are highlighted in red; those ≥15% better are highlighted in green.
Deficiencies
| This Facility | NM Average | vs. NM Avg |
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Total deficiencies
Formal regulatory issues recorded by inspectors across all inspection types.
| 39 | 30 | This facility has 30% more total deficiencies than a typical New Mexico assisted living residence (39 vs. NM avg 30).↑ 30% worse |
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Deficiencies per year
Average deficiencies per year since 2007.
| 2.1 | 1.6 | This facility has 31% more deficiencies per year than a typical New Mexico assisted living residence (2.1 vs. NM avg 1.6).↑ 31% worse |
An editor-reviewed summary of the themes and findings across this facility's recent inspection reports.
The most recent inspection on January 8, 2024, found deficiencies related to unsecured medications for residents who self-administer, with medications not stored in locked compartments. Earlier inspections showed a pattern of issues involving medication storage, unsecured hazardous materials like oxygen tanks and sharps containers, incomplete admission/discharge agreements, and non-functioning emergency lighting. Complaint investigations were mostly unsubstantiated, though a substantiated complaint in 2012 involved failure to report staff-to-resident abuse timely, and a 2015 complaint found a deficiency in updating a resident’s service plan after condition changes. Enforcement actions such as fines or license suspensions were not listed in the available reports. The facility’s inspection history shows recurring concerns with medication and safety-related storage, with no clear improvement trend as similar issues have appeared across multiple years.
Read the full inspection reports for this facility, including detailed findings and corrective actions.
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4.6 miles from city center
Estimated distance in miles from Albuquerque's city center to Brookdale at Home® Valencia's address, calculated via Google Maps.
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Brookdale at Home® Valencia is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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| Brookdale at Home® Valencia |
HC Home Care Professional care delivered in the person's own home — from companionship and errands to skilled nursing and therapy. Allows seniors to age in place. Medicare covers skilled home health when medically necessary. | Albuquerque (South San Pedro) | 100 | No | 73 | - |
44.0%
Facility
44.0%
NM AVG
78%
Rank
#107 / 116 | A+ | Candace Guerrero | Blc Albuquerque-Gc, LLC | 23 | 10
Facility
10
NM AVG
3.8
Rank
#109 / 114 | 10
Facility
10
NM AVG
6.1
Rank
#95 / 114 | 39
Facility
39
NM AVG
35.2
Rank
#72 / 114 | 1.7
Facility
1.7
NM AVG
3.9
Rank
#26 / 114 |
| Interim HealthCare of Albuquerque |
HC Home Care Professional care delivered in the person's own home — from companionship and errands to skilled nursing and therapy. Allows seniors to age in place. Medicare covers skilled home health when medically necessary. | Albuquerque (Sandia Ridge) | - | No | 75 | - | - | A+ | Brandon Sayler | MD Hospice LLC | - | - | - | - | - |
| For Your Care In-Home Care |
HC Home Care Professional care delivered in the person's own home — from companionship and errands to skilled nursing and therapy. Allows seniors to age in place. Medicare covers skilled home health when medically necessary.
MC Memory Care Secured, specialized care for people living with Alzheimer's or dementia. Staff trained in cognitive impairment, with higher staff-to-resident ratios and an environment designed to reduce confusion and wandering risk. | Albuquerque (North Easterns) | - | No | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Next Door Home Care LLC |
HC Home Care Professional care delivered in the person's own home — from companionship and errands to skilled nursing and therapy. Allows seniors to age in place. Medicare covers skilled home health when medically necessary.
MC Memory Care Secured, specialized care for people living with Alzheimer's or dementia. Staff trained in cognitive impairment, with higher staff-to-resident ratios and an environment designed to reduce confusion and wandering risk.
RC Respite Care Short-term temporary care — days to weeks — to give family caregivers a break. Full care provided during the stay. Often used after hospitalization or to trial a facility before a permanent placement decision. | Albuquerque (Hodgin) | - | No | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Simplicity Home Care |
HC Home Care Professional care delivered in the person's own home — from companionship and errands to skilled nursing and therapy. Allows seniors to age in place. Medicare covers skilled home health when medically necessary. | Albuquerque | - | No | 81 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Brookdale at Home® Valencia is in the South San Pedro neighborhood of Albuquerque.
The legal owner and operator of Brookdale at Home® Valencia is Blc Albuquerque-Gc, Llc.
Brookdale at Home® Valencia has a walk score of 73. Very walkable. Most errands can be accomplished on foot, and many essentials are within a short walk.
According to NM state health department records, Brookdale at Home® Valencia's license expires on December 31, 2025.
Brookdale at Home® Valencia's occupancy is 44%.
Candace Guerrero is the administrator of Brookdale at Home® Valencia.
Brookdale at Home® Valencia has 100 beds.
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