Cherry Ridge of Cascadia

It should be noted that this facility's inspection grade outpaced its overall score. We gave it a B+ for its inspections rating, which is one of our better scores. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't something to panic about.

This nursing home also received a strong grade in our nursing category. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B+ in this area. Our nursing rating is primarily associated with a nursing home'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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Additionally, we also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received positive short-term care marks in this assessment. We gave them one of our better grades in that category, with a grade of B+. Our short-term care scores are arguably more critical for those requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

This nursing home's weakest area is long-term care, which is the final category we looked at. For this area, we gave this nursing home a D. When facilities receive this type of score in this category it is a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the nursing home is not as well-staffed. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. We were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated 87.09677 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is quite a bit lower than the national average. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.