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Life Care Center of Kirkland

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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10101 Northeast 120th Street,
Kirkland WA 98034

(425) 823-2323

51.26% estimated occupancy 1

Life Care Center of Kirkland is a large nursing home in Kirkland, Washington. We gave it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road score. Based on all of the relevant data, there are certainly far worse nursing homes out there. You also may want to review this facility's category grades below. 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 Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

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

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This nursing home really excelled in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest grades. This boosted its overall profile. With our short-term care category, we strive to create a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this area tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. The nursing rating weighs many factors. The most heavily weighted factor is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is not an impressive total. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally a reliable indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The last category we analyzed was long-term care. This facility received a grade of C in the category. Our long-term care grade focuses on a facility's assistance with daily living instead of the skilled therapy and medical services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 97.63033 percent of its residents. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Life Care Center of Kirkland Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Kirkland, 13.81% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Kirkland, 3.32% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents who suffered from a fall leading to major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Kirkland, 2.88% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Kirkland, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Life Care Center of Kirkland, 8.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Kirkland, 9.09% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Kirkland, 96.8% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Life Care Center of Kirkland, 12.7% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of Kirkland, 22.95% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who maintained mobility. Some believe that mobility is critical to patients mental and physical health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Kirkland, 22.95% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of Kirkland, 5.64% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Life Care Center of Kirkland, 61.04% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Evergreenhealth Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.36 miles away12040 Ne 128th Street Kirkland Washington 98034Government - Hospital District or Authority(425) 899-1000
  • Seattle Children's HospitalChildrens 4.66 miles away4800 Sand Point Way Ne, PO Box C-5371 Seattle Washington 98105Voluntary non-profit - Private(206) 987-2000
  • Uw Medicine/Northwest HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6 miles away1550 North 115th Street Seattle Washington 98133Voluntary non-profit - Other(206) 368-1700
  • University of Washington Medical CtrAcute Care Hospitals 6.15 miles away1959 Ne Pacific St Box 356151 Seattle Washington 98195Government - State(206) 598-3300
  • Kaiser Permanente Central HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.83 miles away201 - 16th Avenue East Seattle Washington 98112Voluntary non-profit - Other(206) 326-3000
  • Swedish Medical Center / Cherry HillAcute Care Hospitals 8.56 miles away500 17th Avenue Seattle Washington 98122Voluntary non-profit - Church(206) 320-2000
  • Swedish Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.67 miles away747 Broadway Seattle Washington 98122Voluntary non-profit - Private(206) 386-6000
  • Virginia Mason Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.82 miles away925 Seneca St Seattle Washington 98101Voluntary non-profit - Private(206) 223-6600

Nearby Dialysis

  • Nkc Kirkland Kidney Center0.74 miles away11327 Ne 120th St Kirkland Washington 98034CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (425) 821-8785
  • Seattle Childrens Hospital Dialysis4.32 miles away4800 Sand Point Way Ne Oc.9.820 Seattle Washington 98105Dialysis Stations: 7 (206) 987-3985
  • Nkc Lake City Kidney Center4.52 miles away14524 Bothell Way Ne Seattle Washington 98155CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (206) 365-0775
  • Nkc Scribner Kidney Center5.8 miles away2150 N 107th, Suite 160 Seattle Washington 98133CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (206) 363-5090
  • Nkc Lake Washington Kidney Center5.91 miles away1474 112th Ave Ne, Suite 100 Bellevue Washington 98004Dialysis Stations: 18 (425) 454-0067
  • Mill Creek Dialysis Center5.92 miles away18001 Bothell Everett Hwy Ste 112 Bothell Washington 98012Dialysis Stations: 9 (425) 481-5258
  • Olympic View Dialysis Center6.47 miles away125 16th Ave E, Csb-5 Seattle Washington 98112CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (206) 323-8900
  • Puget Sound Kc South7.58 miles away21309 44th Ave W Mountlake Terrace Washington 98043CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (425) 744-1095