&lt;img src=&quot;http://sfreporter.com/santafe/imgs/media.images/3219/10.13.10-Rest-Home-cover.t2.jpg&quot; /&gt;Officials say oversight is improving New Mexico&amp;rsquo;s troubled nursing homes. The numbers and the lawsuits say otherwise Thousands of New Mexico&amp;rsquo;s elderly are likely to live out their lives in nursing homes, and approximately 12,000 currently reside in the state&amp;rsquo;s 68 long-term care facilities. Like most states, New Mexico faces the problems of staff shortages and high turnover in these nursing homes&amp;mdash;but at significantly higher rates.