Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Aberdeen, Washington. This nursing home turns out to be a middle of the pack facility, with an overall grade of B-. Based on our analysis, this place ought to meet the needs of many people. The best part of this nursing home's report card was is its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall score is its excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our better grades in that category, with an A-. This is a notably better score than the place's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A few relatively minor deficiencies are not something to panic about.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to note that this nursing home received an B in our nursing category. Our nursing category consists of quite a few components, many of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning a patient at least once a day.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facilities third most favorable area is short-term care. We gave it a grade of B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. With our short-term care assessment, we seek to forge a valuable measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we considered in this area is the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 4.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we rated is long-term care, turned out to be this nursing home's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a D in this category. This really was one of the few weak links on a strong report card. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means the nursing home did not perform well in our measures relating to resident care. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated 89.94709 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be quite a bit below what we were hoping for. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center, 5.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center, 4.23% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls which result in injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.2% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center, 14.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for treating several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center, 10.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center, 2.16% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center, 93.94% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center, 27.43% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center, 25.58% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.35 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center, 25.58% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center, 13.03% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center, 86.25% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Grays Harbor Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.03 miles away915 Anderson Drive Aberdeen Washington 98520Voluntary non-profit - Private(360) 532-8330
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Aberdeen0.8 miles away2012 Industrial Pkwy Aberdeen Washington 98520CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (360) 533-6800