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Life Care Center of Richland

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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44 Goethals Drive,
Richland WA 99352

(509) 943-1117

39.03% estimated occupancy 1

Life Care Center of Richland is an average-sized nursing home located in Richland, Washington. Featuring an overall grade of C, this looks like a middle of the pack facility. You can definitely do worse than this place. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's report card is its stellar nursing grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

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

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

The main reason this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an elite nursing grade. In fact, we gave this facility a grade of A. The nursing score includes a number of datapoints. The most heavily weighted one is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving patients more frequently.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Turning to an additional strength for this facility, it also received a high-end short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Our short-term care ratings are presumably more critical for individuals in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who returned home from the facility. We found that 4.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home's third most favorable category is long-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of C. In forming these long-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's personal care services. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility provided the vaccine to 94.957985 percent of its residents, which is a very solid statistic. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.04 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

Turning our last category of inspections, this nursing home received an F here. This grade was very detrimental to this facility's overall score. For places with poor inspection scores, you should focus on any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This nursing home had 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they caused a risk to resident safety or health. Lastly, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received significant government fines recently amounting to over $100,000. This often means that a poor performance spanned multiple years.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Life Care Center of Richland Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Life Care Center of Richland, 8.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Life Care Center of Richland, 2.52% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents which had a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Richland, 1.87% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of Richland, 9.57% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Richland, 18.52% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally used to treat patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Richland, 10.28% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients showing signs of depression. Increased levels of depression may indicate a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Life Care Center of Richland, 93.53% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Richland, 18.52% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of Richland, 21.01% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that mobility is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Richland, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Richland, 21.01% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of Richland, 8.02% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Richland, 71.46% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Kadlec Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.32 miles away888 Swift Blvd Richland Washington 99352Voluntary non-profit - Private(509) 946-4611
  • TriosAcute Care Hospitals 8.89 miles away900 South Auburn Street Kennewick Washington 99336Government - Hospital District or Authority(509) 586-6111
  • Lourdes Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 9.07 miles away520 N Fourth Avenue Pasco Washington 99301Voluntary non-profit - Church(509) 546-2278

Nearby Dialysis

  • Chinook Kidney Center0.15 miles away1315 Aaron Dr Richland Washington 99352CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (509) 943-4598
  • Fkc Columbia Basin4.35 miles away6600 West Rio Grande Avenue Kennewick Washington 99336Dialysis Stations: 13 (509) 735-7615
  • Mid-Columbia Kidney Center4.86 miles away6825 Burden Blvd Ste A Pasco Washington 99301CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (509) 545-0205
  • Kennewick Dialysis7.33 miles away3208 W 19th Ave Kennewick Washington 99337Dialysis Stations: 10 (509) 582-1677

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=505070