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Avalon Care Center - Federal Way

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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Avalon Care Center - Federal Way's website

135 South 336th Street,
Federal Way WA 98003

(253) 835-7453

85.08% estimated occupancy 1

Avalon Care Center - Federal Way is an average-sized nursing home located in Federal Way, Washington. With an overall rating of B-, this is likely a decent nursing home. You can definitely do worse than this nursing home. The best part of this place's report card is is its short-term care grade. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

We gave this nursing home an A for our short-term care grade. This is much more impressive than its overall score. Our short-term care grades are arguably most meaningful for people needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

Another one of this nursing home's stronger areas was in the category of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B+. Nursing grades are largely associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home earned a solid inspection report this year as well, with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a score of B-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite minor. This facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The final area we scored is long-term care. We awarded this facility a D in our long-term care category, rendering this its weakest category grade. When facilities receive this type of score in this category it is often a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the place is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to only 82.96297 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this place was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Avalon Care Center - Federal Way Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Avalon Care Center - Federal Way, 6.7% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents which have pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Avalon Care Center - Federal Way, 6.67% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients that have experienced falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Avalon Care Center - Federal Way, 0.75% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients which suffered from a UTI. UTI's may be an indication of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Avalon Care Center - Federal Way, 9.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for treating a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Avalon Care Center - Federal Way, 15.47% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Avalon Care Center - Federal Way, 3.31% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients showing symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could be an indicator a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Avalon Care Center - Federal Way, 86.85% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Avalon Care Center - Federal Way, 19.7% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Avalon Care Center - Federal Way, 26.03% of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Avalon Care Center - Federal Way, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Avalon Care Center - Federal Way, 26.03% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Avalon Care Center - Federal Way, 13.93% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Avalon Care Center - Federal Way, 72.26% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Federal Way, WA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus

Looking for more options? Federal Way, Washington has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • St Francis Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.62 miles away34515 9th Avenue South Federal Way Washington 98003Voluntary non-profit - Church(253) 944-8100
  • Multicare Auburn Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.72 miles away202 North Division Street Plaza One Auburn Washington 98001Voluntary non-profit - Private(253) 833-7711
  • St Joseph Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.67 miles away1717 South J Street Tacoma Washington 98405Voluntary non-profit - Church(253) 627-4101
  • Multicare Good Samaritan HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.73 miles away401 15th Avenue Se Puyallup Washington 98372Voluntary non-profit - Private(253) 697-2102
  • Highline Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.98 miles away16251 Sylvester Road Sw Seattle Washington 98166Voluntary non-profit - Private(206) 244-9970
  • Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.24 miles away400 S 43rd St Renton Washington 98055Government - Hospital District or Authority(425) 228-3450
  • Multicare Covington Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.26 miles away17700 Se 272nd St Kent Washington 98042Voluntary non-profit - Private(253) 372-7400
  • St Clare HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.97 miles away11315 Bridgeport Way S W Lakewood Washington 98499Voluntary non-profit - Church(253) 588-1711

Nearby Dialysis

  • Nkc Federal Way West Campus0.13 miles away501 South 336th St., Suite 110 Federal Way Washington 98003Dialysis Stations: 7 (253) 943-6312
  • Federal Way Community Dialysis Center0.81 miles away1015 S 348th St Federal Way Washington 98003CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (253) 661-9055
  • Nkc Federal Way East Kidney Center1.92 miles away33820 Weyerhaeuser Way S Ste 100 Auburn Washington 98001Dialysis Stations: 14 (253) 943-6262
  • Nkc Fife Kidney Center3.77 miles away6021 12th Street E, Suite 110 Tacoma Washington 98424Dialysis Stations: 10 (253) 943-6335
  • Nkc Auburn Kidney Center4.05 miles away1501 West Valley Highway N Auburn Washington 98001CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (253) 804-8323
  • Total Renal Care, Inc4.11 miles away27320 Pacific Hwy S Federal Way Washington 98003Dialysis Stations: 12 (253) 529-7825
  • Renal Care Group Northwest, Inc.6.61 miles away1717 South J Street Tacoma Washington 98405Dialysis Stations: 20 (253) 627-1995
  • Nkc Kent Kidney Center6.61 miles away25316 74th Ave S Ste 101 Kent Washington 98032CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (253) 850-6810