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Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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6220 South Alaska Street,
Tacoma WA 98408

(253) 476-5300

91.62% estimated occupancy 1

Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation is in Tacoma, Washington, which is one of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the nation. Featuring an overall score of B. After analyzing the other options in Tacoma, this looks like a higher quality choice than the majority of them. Based on our ratings, this place has quite a bit going for it. Fortunately, this facility didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Individual
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

Part of the reason this facility performed well overall is it excelled in nursing, with a B+ in that area. The nursing grade consists of many factors, many of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home was given a favorable short-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. Our short-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 4.9 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

Turning to our inspection category, it appears this facility has received respectable inspections in recent years as well. We gave it a B- in this category. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Switching gears to our fourth category, this facility was given a grade of B- for long-term care, which is generally a decent grade. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 91.50943 percent of its residents. This is a few points below what we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. Nevertheless, this nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, 11.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term residents which developed pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, 0.94% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a fall resulting in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, 2.3% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who have experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric may be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, 12.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, 8.31% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, 5.05% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, 92.32% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, 18.57% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, 33% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, 0.05 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, 33% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, 15.04% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, 68.77% of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term residents that experienced 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

  • Renal Care Group Northwest, Inc.0.33 miles away5825 Tacoma Mall Blvd Ste 103 Tacoma Washington 98409CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (253) 671-9937
  • Renal Care Group Northwest, Inc.2.37 miles away1415 E 72nd St Tacoma Washington 98404CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (253) 474-2310
  • Parkland Dialysis Center3.1 miles away311 140th St S Tacoma Washington 98444CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (253) 536-5961
  • Tacoma Dialysis Center3.22 miles away3401 S 19th St Tacoma Washington 98405CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (253) 573-1600
  • Renal Care Group Northwest, Inc.3.36 miles away1717 South J Street Tacoma Washington 98405Dialysis Stations: 20 (253) 627-1995
  • Lakewood Community Dialysis Center3.43 miles away5919 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd Sw #A Lakewood Washington 98499CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (253) 512-2400
  • Rainier View Dialysis Center4.02 miles away1822 112th St East Suite A Tacoma Washington 98445CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 10 (253) 539-5659
  • Nkc Fife Kidney Center6.16 miles away6021 12th Street E, Suite 110 Tacoma Washington 98424Dialysis Stations: 10 (253) 943-6335

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=505483