Lakeland Village Nursing Facility
State Highway 902 & Salnave Road, Medical Lake WA 99022 · (509) 299-1800 · 97.84% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Medical Lake, Washington, Lakeland Village Nursing Facility is the sole facility we were able to find in this city. With an overall grade of A-, this nursing home is among the more impressive nursing homes we assessed. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all facilities in the United States. Keep reading to see this nursing home's category grades, which are also strong. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 93 Beds
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Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ for nursing. Nursing ratings are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our inspection grades are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspections. Places that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although 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 uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a favorable long-term care score. In fact, we gave it an above average grade of B+ in this area. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 96.74267 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia tragically can be a life threatening condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility does not leave this to chance. This facility also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.3 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a much lower hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we scored turned out to be this facility's worst area. However, even its lowest point would be a highlight for many nursing homes. We gave it a strong grade of B for short-term care. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lakeland Village Nursing Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a fall which resulted in major injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better