Ballard Center
820 Northwest 95th Street, Seattle WA 98117 · (206) 782-0100 · 76.69% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Ballard Center is a large nursing home located in Seattle, Washington. This nursing home is a subpar facility. A score in this range indicates we found a few red flags. This place seems to have very little going for it. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 142 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
Even though this nursing home's overall score was not a highlight, it actually really excelled in nursing. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- for that category. In calculating our nursing scores, we weigh both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home averages 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This place fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided with better nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a positive grade in short-term care. This nursing home earned a B in this category, which is one of our higher grades. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to score a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To offer highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. 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. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who returned home from this facility. We found that 35.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this facility only earned a D for its long-term care grade, which is not one of our better scores. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care likely don't provide the type of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities offer. After we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated just 89.31298 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.
Facility Inspections
Moving on our last area of inspections, this nursing home received an F in this area. With places that received this bad of an inspection grade, we would scrutinize the severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This particular nursing home was assessed a category G through L deficiency, which are among the more severe categories of deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies uncovered by CMS had the potential to cause actual harm to patients. Lastly, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was assessed large government fines totaling over $100,000. This often signifies that a bad track record has been an issue for multiple years.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ballard Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit 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 datapoint gauges the percent of long-term residents which sustained falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better