With an address in Sequim, Washington, Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim is one of just a couple nursing homes there. We gave this facility an overall grade of B. A score of this caliber requires quality marks in most areas. You could certainly do much worse than this facility. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its short-term care score, which we will address in the next section.
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Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim
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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Meal Delivery
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Short-term Care Quality
On top of receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home fared well in short-term care. We awarded it an impressive grade of A+ for that category. In the area of short-term care, we strive to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 6.3 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our nursing grade. Nursing scores are primarily tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Facility Inspections
Another strong feature for this nursing home is that it excelled in the area of inspections, with a grade of B in that category. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we looked at is long-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it an F in this area, which is a poor grade. You shouldn't simply rule out a nursing home due to one poor grade though. For patients seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.42857 percent of its residents, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 7.46% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay residents that had a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 2.29% of Patients had UTIs
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who experienced a UTI. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric can be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 13.89% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. 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 Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 12.61% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 13.28% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression could be an indicator a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 92.89% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 14.67% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the decline of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 18.81% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 0.99 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 18.81 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 12.21 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 75.22% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Olympic Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.1 miles away939 Caroline St Port Angeles Washington 98362Government - Local(360) 417-7000
- Jefferson HealthcareCritical Access Hospitals 14.94 miles away834 Sheridan Street Port Townsend Washington 98368Government - Hospital District or Authority(360) 385-2200
Nearby Dialysis
- Olympic Peninsula Kidney Center Northwest14.22 miles away2500 Sims Way Ste 102 Port Townsend Washington 98368Dialysis Stations: 6 (360) 379-9605
- Nkc Port Angeles Kidney Center14.32 miles away809 Georgiana St Port Angeles Washington 98362Dialysis Stations: 10 (360) 565-1435