Alderwood Manor is just one of 14 possibilities in Spokane, Washington. We awarded this facility an overall grade of C. A grade in this range requires some respectable marks. This grade isn't too far off the city grade for Spokane, which is a B-. The best part of this nursing home's profile was is its short-term care grade. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Alderwood Manor
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
We wanted to point out that this nursing home' short-term care score outperformed its overall score. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ for short-term care. With our short-term care assessment, we endeavor to forge a fair gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an B+ in nursing. Nursing grades are primarily based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics 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 typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning patients more frequently.
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Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a middle of the pack score in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of C. Our long-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of nursing care. This means a vast range of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 99.45652 percent of its residents, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
Unfortunately, this facility did not receive a favorable inspection grade. We gave it just a just D in this category. Inspection ratings relate to a facility's government inspection reports. Our inspection ratings factor in many items on the nursing home's inspection reports. If you see severe deficiencies on the inspection reports, this is typically the worst sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. This facility was hit with 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they posed a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility also received 7 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Alderwood Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Alderwood Manor, 6.98% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Alderwood Manor, 3.03% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who experienced falls resulting in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Alderwood Manor, 2.22% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Alderwood Manor, 13.94% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Alderwood Manor, 12.35% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Alderwood Manor, 13.68% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Alderwood Manor, 93.98% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Alderwood Manor, 13.82% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Alderwood Manor, 23.27% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Alderwood Manor, 23.27 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Alderwood Manor, 11.24 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Alderwood Manor, 74.06% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Spokane, WA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- 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-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
- PROV Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.Acute Care Hospitals 2.56 miles away101 West 8th Avenue Spokane Washington 99204Voluntary non-profit - Church(509) 474-3040
- Providence Holy Family HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.72 miles away5633 North Lidgerwood Spokane Washington 99208Voluntary non-profit - Private(509) 482-2450
- Multicare Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.8 miles away12606 East Mission Avenue Spokane Washington 99216Voluntary non-profit - Private(509) 924-6650
Nearby Dialysis
- Downtown Spokane Renal Center2.07 miles away601 West 5th Ave Ste 101 Spokane Washington 99204CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (509) 363-0070
- North Spokane Renal Center4.37 miles away7701 N Division Street Ste B Spokane Washington 99208CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (509) 465-3161
- Fmc Spokane Kidney Center5.33 miles away610 S Sherman Ave Suite 101 Spokane Washington 99202CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (509) 473-1010
- Fmc Valley Dialysis Unit5.52 miles away1017 North Pines Rd Spokane Washington 99206CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (509) 891-1107
- Spokane Valley Renal Center6.11 miles away12610 E Mirabeau Pkwy Suite 100 Spokane Washington 99216CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 10 (509) 228-9933
- Fmc Northpointe Dialysis Unit6.81 miles away1116 E Westview Court Spokane Washington 99218CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (509) 468-8606