With an address in Sequim, Washington, Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim is the sole option located in the city. This nursing home proved to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on our ratings, this place has quite a bit going for it. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its nursing grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
1000 5th Avenue South,
Sequim WA 98382
51.44% estimated occupancy 1
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Nurse Quality
In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few facilities performed better in this area. In computing a facility's nursing grade, we assess the amount of time nurses are seeing patients as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This facility boasts a really impressive 4.9 hours of nursing care per resident daily, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. This is among the higher totals of nursing hours we were able to find. On top of offering high levels of care, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the number of its residents suffering falls leading to serious injury, this facility performed as well as any facility the state. Preventing serious falls is generally a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are employed.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility received high scores in the category of short-term care as well. Consequently, it received one of our most elite scores in that category with a area of A. In determining these short-term care grades, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. When we assessed this place's nursing hours, we found it offered much more care from registered nurses than most facilities. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. This place performed as well as just about any nursing home in the nation in this area with 56.8 percent of its patients returning home.
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Facility Inspections
Another strong feature for this facility is that it excelled in inspections, with a B in that category. Inspection grades are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's least impressive category is long-term care, which is the last category we assessed. For this area, we awarded this facility a D. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. On top of offering respectable levels of nurse staffing, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.50249 percent of its residents. These marks are notably more impressive than a few of its other marks in this category. To our surprise, this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.34 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not 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, 6.84% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 3.14% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 2.25% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that sustained UTI's. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 13.73% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 12.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure tells you the percent of long-term care patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 14.66% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may be an indicator a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 93.57% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 13.88% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 23.08% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 0.95 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 23.08 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 11.09 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of 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, 73.77% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with superior rehabilitation.
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