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Avamere at Pacific Ridge

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Avamere at Pacific Ridge's website

3625 East B Street,
Tacoma WA 98404

(253) 475-2507

76.47% estimated occupancy 1

Avamere at Pacific Ridge is located in the large metropolitan area of Tacoma, Washington. With an overall score of D, this is a subpar nursing home. Based on our assessment, we would struggle to recommend this nursing home. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, you can continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Nursing grades are discussed 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 Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: B

While we didn't give this facility a good overall grade, we actually gave it a very strong grade in nursing, where it received a B. This is better than most nursing homes in this area. Nursing grades are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

We also awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This score is a more impressive than the facility's overall grade. We believe that one of the most critical factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially look at the severity of those deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Unfortunately, this facility only earned a D for its long-term care grade, which is not one of our better scores. Facilities that do not fare well in long-term care typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine medical care we assessed. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 77.375565 percent of its residents. This is several points lower than the national average. To our surprise, this facility was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The final category we looked at is short-term care, in which this facility was given a very poor score in this category as well. It received an F for this area, which is obviously very concerning. Short-term care scores are meaningful for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more highly-skilled nursing. This includes a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Avamere at Pacific Ridge Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Avamere at Pacific Ridge, 10% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Avamere at Pacific Ridge, 2.26% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients which sustained falls which resulted in severe injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Avamere at Pacific Ridge, 0.92% of Patients had UTIs

This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that have experienced UTI's. UTI's could be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric can be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Avamere at Pacific Ridge, 52.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Avamere at Pacific Ridge, 18.31% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Avamere at Pacific Ridge, 7.8% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting signs of depression. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Avamere at Pacific Ridge, 82.79% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Avamere at Pacific Ridge, 21.05% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Avamere at Pacific Ridge, 24.73% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Many argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Avamere at Pacific Ridge, 24.73% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Avamere at Pacific Ridge, 17.9% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Avamere at Pacific Ridge, 76.45% of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.

Scores for Tacoma, WA

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

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Nearby Dialysis

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  • Tacoma Dialysis Center2.68 miles away3401 S 19th St Tacoma Washington 98405CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (253) 573-1600
  • Nkc Fife Kidney Center4.08 miles away6021 12th Street E, Suite 110 Tacoma Washington 98424Dialysis Stations: 10 (253) 943-6335
  • Parkland Dialysis Center5.07 miles away311 140th St S Tacoma Washington 98444CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (253) 536-5961
  • Lakewood Community Dialysis Center5.71 miles away5919 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd Sw #A Lakewood Washington 98499CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (253) 512-2400
  • Rainier View Dialysis Center6.32 miles away1822 112th St East Suite A Tacoma Washington 98445CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 10 (253) 539-5659