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Christian Health Care Center

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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855 Aaron Drive,
Lynden WA 98264

(360) 354-4434

64.01% estimated occupancy 1

Christian Health Care Center is a large nursing home in Lynden, Washington. Featuring an overall score of B, this appears to be a good nursing home. This place definitely has plenty working in its favor. The best part of this nursing home's impressive report card was its nursing score. We discuss nursing 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
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

To go along with its impressive overall score, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for our nursing score. Nursing ratings are primarily associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of moving a resident at least once a day.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

In addition, this facility also performed well in inspections, which is based on its inspections. We awarded it an B+ for that area, which is one of our top scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively insignificant. This place was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

This facility also was awarded a strong short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. In computing our short-term care grades, we scrutinize the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This score is typically a meaningful assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this area is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 4.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This facility's worst category is long-term care, which is the final category we scored. In this area, we awarded this nursing home a D. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the vaccine to 98.98649 percent of its patients, which is a very solid datapoint. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Christian Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Christian Health Care Center, 1.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Christian Health Care Center, 1.69% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients who suffered a fall which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Christian Health Care Center, 1.02% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Christian Health Care Center, 6.9% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Christian Health Care Center, 6.16% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

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

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Christian Health Care Center, 40.07% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents showing symptoms of depression. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Christian Health Care Center, 98.6% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Christian Health Care Center, 16.42% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing. Some would argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Christian Health Care Center, 8.83% of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Christian Health Care Center, 0.41 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Christian Health Care Center, 8.83% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Christian Health Care Center, 10.03% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Christian Health Care Center, 72.77% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • St Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.37 miles away2901 Squalicum Parkway Bellingham Washington 98225Voluntary non-profit - Other(360) 734-5400

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Mt Baker Kidney Center13.02 miles away410 Birchwood Suite 100 Bellingham Washington 98225CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (360) 734-4243