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Life Care Center of Port Townsend

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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751 Kearney Street,
Port Townsend WA 98368

(360) 385-3555

42.12% estimated occupancy 1

Life Care Center of Port Townsend is a senior living facility in Port Townsend, Washington. The city has a population of 14,724 people. This nursing home received an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack grade. You can certainly do worse than this facility. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's report card is its impressive short-term care rating, which we will address in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This nursing home excelled in the area of short-term care, with an impressive grade of A in this area. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is often a meaningful measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 6.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

An additional strength of this nursing home is its very strong score in long-term care. We gave it one of our more favorable grades in that area, with a score of A-. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 80.76923 percent of its patients, which is a bit below what we anticipated. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

This nursing home also received a strong nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B in that category, which is one of our better scores. In calculating our nursing ratings, we weigh both nursing hours and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

Grade: D

Moving on the last category of inspections, this ended up being this nursing home's worst grade. Inspection ratings are based on a facility's recent government inspections. We gave this nursing home a score of D in this category, which is not a very good grade. Since this data is collected by government inspectors, we typically take it seriously. One of the most significant factors in evaluating inspection reports is deficiencies. We suggest you pay close attention to the severity of those deficiencies. This particular facility was hit with a category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more serious deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies identified by the government inspectors had the potential to cause actual harm to residents. Lastly, we would like to point out that this facility received large government fines amounting to more than $100,000. This typically indicates that a nursing home's bad performance has been an issue for several years.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Life Care Center of Port Townsend Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Life Care Center of Port Townsend, 1.9% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents which suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Port Townsend, 5.38% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Life Care Center of Port Townsend, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Life Care Center of Port Townsend, 11.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of Port Townsend, 10.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Port Townsend, 28.35% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Port Townsend, 88.6% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Life Care Center of Port Townsend, 12.07% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Life Care Center of Port Townsend, 18.28% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of Port Townsend, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Life Care Center of Port Townsend, 18.28% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Life Care Center of Port Townsend, 28.52% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Port Townsend, 72.52% of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Jefferson HealthcareCritical Access Hospitals 0.93 miles away834 Sheridan Street Port Townsend Washington 98368Government - Hospital District or Authority(360) 385-2200
  • Whidbeyhealth Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 8.12 miles away101 North Main Street Coupeville Washington 98239Government - Hospital District or Authority(360) 678-5151

Nearby Dialysis

  • Olympic Peninsula Kidney Center Northwest1.63 miles away2500 Sims Way Ste 102 Port Townsend Washington 98368Dialysis Stations: 6 (360) 379-9605
  • Puget Sound Kidney Center Whidbey Island14.01 miles away430 Se Midway Blvd Oak Harbor Washington 98277Dialysis Stations: 10 (360) 679-6706
  • Whidbey Island Dialysis Center14.48 miles away32650 State Route 20 Bldg D-101 Oak Harbor Washington 98277Dialysis Stations: 5 (360) 240-1596