Fort Vancouver Post Acute
8507 Northeast 8th Way, Vancouver WA 98664 · (360) 254-5335 · 37.82% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Fort Vancouver Post Acute is located in Vancouver, Washington. This city is one of the most populated metropolitan areas in the country with has a total of 299,480 people. Sporting an overall score of C, this is likely a decent nursing home. Vancouver received a city grade of B, so there are other options in the city worth considering. The best part of this facility's profile was is its short-term care score. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 92 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home excelled in our short-term care rating, with an A+ in this category. This really propped up its overall grade. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Remarkably, this nursing home provides about 50% more services from physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is a very favorable sign. Finally, we looked at the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy hours, we found that it performed as well as just about any facility in the nation with 58.7 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
Another one of this nursing home's stronger areas was in the category of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B+. Our nursing score is mostly associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular facility provided 5.6 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Approximately a quarter of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. Both of these figures exceed the national average. Lastly, we also factored a few quality-based metrics into our nursing ratings. This nursing home was on the weaker side in several of the major datapoints we assess, with below average figures for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Facility Inspections
We wanted to point out that this facility received a lowly F for its inspection grade. An F in this category is very concerning because it usually points to red flags on the nursing home's government inspection reports. We would advise paying close attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection rating. We recommend you pay close attention to the level of severity of the deficiencies. This nursing home had 9 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they caused a risk to resident health or safety. Lastly, we would like to point out that this nursing home was assessed significant government fines recently of over $50,000. This typically indicates that government inspectors grew tired after multiple years of bad health inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the fourth category, this nursing home didn't fare very well. With a poor grade of F in long-term care, this was its poorest grade. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 90.90909 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is somewhat lower than we were hoping for but still a decent figure. To our surprise, this place was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fort Vancouver Post Acute Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients which have had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
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 dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better