Alderwood Park Health and Rehabilitation
2726 Alderwood Avenue, Bellingham WA 98225 · (360) 733-2322 · 67.35% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Bellingham, Washington, Alderwood Park Health and Rehabilitation is one of seven facilities in the city. We awarded this facility a respectable overall score of C. As As it turns out, it is one of the three highest graded nursing homes in the city. You can definitely do worse than this facility. The best part of this facility's report card was is its nursing score. We discuss nursing in the next section.
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Accepts Medicaid 1 : 102 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
On top of receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes did better in this area. Our nursing grade weighs a host of subcategories. The most important factor is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home averages 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these areas as reliable indicators of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a strong short-term care score. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of B+ in that area, which happens to be one of our better. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to formulate a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. It outperformed most facilities in the country with 52.6 percent of its residents returning home. This is a better rate than most nursing homes.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the area of long-term care, this nursing home was awarded just a D in this area. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. Fortunately, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 97.92531 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.71 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Facility Inspections
Looking to our last category of inspections, we gave this nursing home just a just D, which is a relatively poor grade. Our inspection rating is based on the nursing home's government inspections. Since this information is collected by independent government inspectors, we place significant weight on it in our overall grades. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This particular facility was assessed several deficiencies in categories G through L, which are among the more severe categories of deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies uncovered by CMS had the potential to pose actual harm to residents. Lastly, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this place was assessed large government fines in recent years exceeding $50,000. This usually signifies that inspectors became fed up after multiple years of bad inspections.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Alderwood Park Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which developed pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home 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 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better