Josephine Caring Community
9901 272nd Place Northwest, Stanwood WA 98292 · (360) 629-2126 · 87.68% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Josephine Caring Community is a large non-profit facility in Stanwood, Washington. With an overall score of B, this nursing home is a fine option. This nursing home definitely has plenty working in its favor. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive profile was its short-term care grade. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 160 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Church related
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received a strong overall score as described above, but we want to emphasize its excellent short-term care score. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this area. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes with 60.7 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
This facility received high grades in the area of nursing as well. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Our nursing grade assesses quite a few datapoints, but the primary one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided 4.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This was one of the higher figures we found. Furthermore, a significant percentage of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. These are both really impressive figures. In addition to providing impressive levels of care, this place also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. It performed as well as any facility in the nation when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Facility Inspections
Another area of strength for this facility is in the area of inspections. In fact, inspections turned out to be one of its best categories. In that area, we gave this facility a B. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category usually have few severe deficiencies. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we looked at was long-term care. This nursing home was given a grade of C for this area. Long-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of nursing care. This means a broad spectrum of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. After assessing the above average volume of nursing care provided by this facility, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.964806 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which appears to be higher than the average nursing home. This combination proved to be successful as this facility also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had just 1.28 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a much lower hospitalization rate than the average nursing home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Josephine Caring Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could indicate a lower level of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand 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 gauge short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better