Fir Lane Health and Rehab Center
2430 North 13th Street, Shelton WA 98584 · (360) 426-1651 · 68.22% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Fir Lane Health and Rehab Center is in Shelton, Washington. The city has 36,630 people. This nursing home was given a bottom of the barrel overall grade based on the data we looked at. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Shelton. The city has just one other nursing home. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 135 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Our nursing category analyzes several subcategories, many of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Short-term Care Quality
We were also stunned to find that this nursing home received a reasonably solid short-term care rating in our assessment. We awarded it a C in this area. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is considered to be a reliable assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final item we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who returned home from the facility. This place fared respectably with 46.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
This facility received an F for its inspection score. When a place has this poor of an inspection rating, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. This facility had one category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more serious categories of deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies found by CMS had the potential to cause actual harm to patients. Finally, we also would like to point out that this facility received significant government fines recently of more than $50,000. This typically signifies that inspectors became fed up after several years of bad health inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we graded is long-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F in this category, which is an abysmal score. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means the facility did not perform well in our measures relating to patient care. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated 62.5387 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be several points less than average. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.35 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fir Lane Health and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients who had UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better