Located in Auburn, Washington, Canterbury House is one of four nursing homes in this city. With an overall rating of C, this nursing home surprisingly is the top nursing home in Auburn. Based on our ratings, there are certainly far worse nursing homes out there. The best part of this place's profile was its stellar nursing grade. Nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Canterbury House
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
We gave this nursing home one of our better scores in nursing, with a grade of A. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. Our nursing score considers a host of factors. The most heavily weighted factor is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a strong short-term care grade. Indeed, we gave them a grade of B in that category, which is one of our more favorable scores. With our short-term care assessment, we seek to craft a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at the nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents that were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Long-term Care Quality
The third best category we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of C. For residents looking for a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home gave the vaccine to a relatively low 88.837204 percent of its patients. Nevertheless, this nursing home excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
The last category we looked at is inspections. This facility didn't receive glowing inspections in recent years. As a result, we had to give it an F in this category. Since this data is compiled by independent government inspectors, we heavily weight negative feedback in this area. This really pulled down this facility's overall grade. When a facility has this bad of an inspection rating, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. This nursing home was hit with a category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more severe deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies uncovered by CMS had potential to cause actual harm to residents. Lastly, we need to point out that this facility was assessed large government fines recently amounting to over $100,000. This generally means that a nursing home's bad track record has been an issue for multiple years.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Canterbury House Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Canterbury House, 7.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Canterbury House, 2.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents which suffered a fall resulting in major injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Canterbury House, 2.28% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Canterbury House, 13.8% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Canterbury House, 12.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Canterbury House, 13.74% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Some experts would argue this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Canterbury House, 93.71% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Canterbury House, 13.94% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Canterbury House, 21.78% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who maintained mobility. Many believe that mobility is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Canterbury House, 21.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Canterbury House, 10.98 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Canterbury House, 74.42% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Auburn, WA
- Overall Rating has a grade of D
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of F
Looking for more options? Auburn, Washington has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Multicare Auburn Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.89 miles away202 North Division Street Plaza One Auburn Washington 98001Voluntary non-profit - Private(253) 833-7711
- St Francis Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.76 miles away34515 9th Avenue South Federal Way Washington 98003Voluntary non-profit - Church(253) 944-8100
- Multicare Covington Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.56 miles away17700 Se 272nd St Kent Washington 98042Voluntary non-profit - Private(253) 372-7400
- Multicare Good Samaritan HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8 miles away401 15th Avenue Se Puyallup Washington 98372Voluntary non-profit - Private(253) 697-2102
- St Joseph Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.87 miles away1717 South J Street Tacoma Washington 98405Voluntary non-profit - Church(253) 627-4101
- Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.04 miles away400 S 43rd St Renton Washington 98055Government - Hospital District or Authority(425) 228-3450
- St Elizabeth HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 12.02 miles away1450 Battersby Avenue Enumclaw Washington 98022Voluntary non-profit - Church(360) 825-2505
- Highline Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.34 miles away16251 Sylvester Road Sw Seattle Washington 98166Voluntary non-profit - Private(206) 244-9970
Nearby Dialysis
- Nkc Auburn Kidney Center3.1 miles away1501 West Valley Highway N Auburn Washington 98001CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (253) 804-8323
- Nkc Federal Way East Kidney Center3.32 miles away33820 Weyerhaeuser Way S Ste 100 Auburn Washington 98001Dialysis Stations: 14 (253) 943-6262
- Federal Way Community Dialysis Center4.65 miles away1015 S 348th St Federal Way Washington 98003CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (253) 661-9055
- Nkc Federal Way West Campus5.06 miles away501 South 336th St., Suite 110 Federal Way Washington 98003Dialysis Stations: 7 (253) 943-6312
- Nkc Fife Kidney Center6.39 miles away6021 12th Street E, Suite 110 Tacoma Washington 98424Dialysis Stations: 10 (253) 943-6335
- Nkc Kent Kidney Center6.45 miles away25316 74th Ave S Ste 101 Kent Washington 98032CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (253) 850-6810
- Total Renal Care, Inc6.56 miles away27320 Pacific Hwy S Federal Way Washington 98003Dialysis Stations: 12 (253) 529-7825
- Chi Franciscan8.24 miles away19520 State Hwy 410 E., Suite 19663 Bonney Lake Washington 98391Dialysis Stations: 4 (253) 447-3940