Aldercrest Health & Rehab Center is located in Edmonds, Washington. With a really poor overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Edmonds. The city has just one other nursing home. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its strong nursing grade. You can scroll down to find out about nursing and other category scores
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Aldercrest Health & Rehab Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall score, we awarded it a B+ in the category of nursing. In determining a facility's nursing rating, we look at the amount of time nurses commit to residents as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home 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.
Long-term Care Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our long-term care rating and that actually ended up being its next most favorable category. For patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home gave the vaccine to 95.80153 percent of its residents, which is a very respectable statistic. To our surprise, this nursing home also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the area of short-term care, this nursing home received a grade of just D in that category. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is frequently a useful assessment of a facility's rehabilitation services. Not surprisingly, we learned that this facility offers substantially less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the typical nursing home. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents that returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
The last category we assessed is inspections. This nursing home did not receive positive inspection reports in recent years. As a result, we had to give it an F in this category. We would advise paying close attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection score. We suggest you scrutinize the level of severity of the deficiencies. This nursing home had one category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more serious categories of deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies found by inspectors had potential to create actual harm to residents. Lastly, we also want to draw your attention to the fact that this place was assessed large government fines totaling over $100,000. This often indicates that a facility's poor track record has been an issue for several years.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aldercrest Health & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Aldercrest Health & Rehab Center, 3.32% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Aldercrest Health & Rehab Center, 1.15% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients which had a fall resulting in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Aldercrest Health & Rehab Center, 1.19% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who have suffered from urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Aldercrest Health & Rehab Center, 18.5% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Aldercrest Health & Rehab Center, 10.53% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Aldercrest Health & Rehab Center, 6.12% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Some believe that this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Aldercrest Health & Rehab Center, 95.82% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Aldercrest Health & Rehab Center, 15.48% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Aldercrest Health & Rehab Center, 9.07% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Aldercrest Health & Rehab Center, 9.07% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Aldercrest Health & Rehab Center, 0% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Aldercrest Health & Rehab Center, 88.33% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Swedish Edmonds HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.28 miles away21601 76th Avenue West Edmonds Washington 98026Voluntary non-profit - Private(425) 640-4000
- Uw Medicine/Northwest HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.44 miles away1550 North 115th Street Seattle Washington 98133Voluntary non-profit - Other(206) 368-1700
- Evergreenhealth Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.37 miles away12040 Ne 128th Street Kirkland Washington 98034Government - Hospital District or Authority(425) 899-1000
- Seattle Children's HospitalChildrens 10 miles away4800 Sand Point Way Ne, PO Box C-5371 Seattle Washington 98105Voluntary non-profit - Private(206) 987-2000
- University of Washington Medical CtrAcute Care Hospitals 10.79 miles away1959 Ne Pacific St Box 356151 Seattle Washington 98195Government - State(206) 598-3300
- Kaiser Permanente Central HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.92 miles away201 - 16th Avenue East Seattle Washington 98112Voluntary non-profit - Other(206) 326-3000
- Virginia Mason Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.56 miles away925 Seneca St Seattle Washington 98101Voluntary non-profit - Private(206) 223-6600
- Swedish Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.63 miles away747 Broadway Seattle Washington 98122Voluntary non-profit - Private(206) 386-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Puget Sound Kc South1.73 miles away21309 44th Ave W Mountlake Terrace Washington 98043CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (425) 744-1095
- Nkc Lake City Kidney Center4.33 miles away14524 Bothell Way Ne Seattle Washington 98155CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (206) 365-0775
- Davita Lynnwood Dialysis5.48 miles away13619 Mukilteo Speedway Ste D-1 Lynnwood Washington 98037Dialysis Stations: 3 (425) 741-3616
- Mill Creek Dialysis Center5.51 miles away18001 Bothell Everett Hwy Ste 112 Bothell Washington 98012Dialysis Stations: 9 (425) 481-5258
- Nkc Scribner Kidney Center6.77 miles away2150 N 107th, Suite 160 Seattle Washington 98133CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (206) 363-5090
- Nkc Kirkland Kidney Center9.35 miles away11327 Ne 120th St Kirkland Washington 98034CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (425) 821-8785
- Everett Dialysis Center9.58 miles away8130 Evergreen Way Ste C Everett Washington 98203CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (425) 353-6036
- Seattle Childrens Hospital Dialysis10.38 miles away4800 Sand Point Way Ne Oc.9.820 Seattle Washington 98105Dialysis Stations: 7 (206) 987-3985