Garden Village
206 South Tenth Avenue, Yakima WA 98902 · (509) 453-4854 · 96.53% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Garden Village is a nursing home in Yakima, Washington, which has 126,248 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of F. Based on our assessment, you'd be better off to steer clear of this place. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its strong inspection grade. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category scores
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 101 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this place a poor overall grade, we awarded it a B+ for our inspections category. This was due to the nursing home receiving a decent government inspection report this year. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 11 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
We were also pleasantly surprised to learn that this facility earned a reasonably solid long-term care grade this year. We awarded it a C in this area. Long-term care grades are commonly used to score a facility's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services offered by a rehabilitation facility. After looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinated 96.05263 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.45 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. Finally, we also looked at a few quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This facility was above average in two of the major areas we considered, with good marks for avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the last area, this nursing home did not perform very well in this category either. Due to a poor grade of F in short-term care, this is about as as uninspiring as it gets. Short-term care grades are vital for patients looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Given its grade in this category, we were not surprised to find that this place was well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the measures we looked at. Honestly, this was about what we expected here. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 21.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Garden Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents which had a UTI. UTI's could be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term patients that were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many believe that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better