Alderwood Manor
3600 East Hartson Avenue, Spokane WA 99202 · (509) 535-2071 · 74.58% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Alderwood Manor is an average-sized facility in Spokane, Washington. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack grade. This grade isn't too far off the city grade for Spokane, which is a B-. The best part of this place's report card is its exemplary nursing grade. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 85 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
To go along with its decent overall score, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our nursing rating. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall grade. We weighed the qualifications of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses spent with residents, in computing our rating in this category. This nursing home averages 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to another strength for this nursing home, we gave it an elite short-term care grade. Indeed, we gave this facility a score of A-. Our short-term care grades are arguably more meaningful for residents needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This place offered more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most facilities. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. It fared better than most facilities in the country in this area with 51.3 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
Looking to our inspection category, we gave this nursing home a grade of just D. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. We would pay close attention to the level of severity of those deficiencies. This particular nursing home was assessed 8 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they caused a risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility also received 11 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our last category, this nursing home really did not perform well. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in long-term care, this is this nursing home's poorest category. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category likely don't provide the kind of consistent 24/7 care that some other facilities offer. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 93.40102 percent of its patients for pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.81 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Alderwood Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better