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Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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22410 Benson Road Se,
Kent WA 98031

(253) 852-7755

90.98% estimated occupancy 1

Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home in Kent, Washington, which has 147,876 people. We gave it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road score. You could definitely do worse than this nursing home. This nursing home is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of our four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home received a solid overall grade as described above, but it really excelled in the area of nursing care, with an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our nursing score looks at the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Additionally, we also would like to point out that this facility was awarded favorable short-term care marks this year. We awarded them one of our higher grades in this area, with a grade of B. This proved to be the facility's second best grade. In the area of short-term care, we strive to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's next best area is long-term care. We gave it a grade of B- in this area. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility administered the vaccine to 96.763756 percent of its residents, which is a very solid figure. This nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Facility Inspections

Grade: C

Moving on the final category of inspections, this ended up not being this nursing home's weakest grade. Inspection ratings are based on a facility's recent inspection reports. We awarded this facility a C in this category. Inspection scores are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were in categories G through L. This means this facility avoided the more significant categories of deficiencies. We didn't find anything on this nursing home's inspection report to be too alarming.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center, 5.81% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center, 1.31% of Patients had UTIs

This gauges the percentage of long-term residents who sustained a UTI. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center, 36% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center, 28.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center, 6.03% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center, 96.85% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center, 13.99% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the decline of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center, 21.68% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center, 21.68% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center, 68.28% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.86 miles away400 S 43rd St Renton Washington 98055Government - Hospital District or Authority(425) 228-3450
  • Multicare Covington Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.36 miles away17700 Se 272nd St Kent Washington 98042Voluntary non-profit - Private(253) 372-7400
  • Multicare Auburn Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.55 miles away202 North Division Street Plaza One Auburn Washington 98001Voluntary non-profit - Private(253) 833-7711
  • Highline Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.61 miles away16251 Sylvester Road Sw Seattle Washington 98166Voluntary non-profit - Private(206) 244-9970
  • St Francis Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.51 miles away34515 9th Avenue South Federal Way Washington 98003Voluntary non-profit - Church(253) 944-8100
  • Swedish IssaquahAcute Care Hospitals 12.53 miles away751 Ne Blakely Dr Issaquah Washington 98029Voluntary non-profit - Private(425) 313-4000
  • Swedish Medical Center / Cherry HillAcute Care Hospitals 15.18 miles away500 17th Avenue Seattle Washington 98122Voluntary non-profit - Church(206) 320-2000
  • Harborview Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.26 miles away325 9th Avenue Seattle Washington 98104Government - Local(206) 731-3000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Kent Community Dialysis Center1.37 miles away21851 84th Ave S Kent Washington 98032CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (253) 872-5474
  • Nkc Kent Kidney Center2.73 miles away25316 74th Ave S Ste 101 Kent Washington 98032CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (253) 850-6810
  • Nkc Renton Kidney Center5.35 miles away602 Oakesdale Ave Sw Renton Washington 98057CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (425) 251-0647
  • Nkc Seatac Kidney Center5.51 miles away17900 International Blvd Ste 301 Seattle Washington 98188CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 35 (206) 901-8700
  • Total Renal Care, Inc5.94 miles away27320 Pacific Hwy S Federal Way Washington 98003Dialysis Stations: 12 (253) 529-7825
  • Nkc Auburn Kidney Center5.94 miles away1501 West Valley Highway N Auburn Washington 98001CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (253) 804-8323
  • Total Renal Care, Inc6.84 miles away4110 Ne 4th St Ste E Renton Washington 98059Dialysis Stations: 7 (425) 226-2408
  • Nkc Federal Way East Kidney Center8.27 miles away33820 Weyerhaeuser Way S Ste 100 Auburn Washington 98001Dialysis Stations: 14 (253) 943-6262