Mirabella Seattle
116 Fairview Avenue N, Seattle WA 98109 · (206) 254-1478 · 78.47% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Mirabella Seattle is located in the densely populated metropolitan area of Seattle, Washington which has a total of 837,792 people. It looks like this nursing home is one of the most impressive nursing homes we looked at. In fact, it was given our very best rating. You flat out can't do much better than this facility. This nursing home also received phenomenal scores in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 46 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. In computing our short-term care scores, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is generally a fair assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. This place excelled in two key staffing areas we assessed. The facility supplied about 50% more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than the average nursing home. This is usually a great sign. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. It performed better than most facilities in the country with 55.4 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Nursing grades are mostly associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This place boasts a really impressive 5.5 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of looking at levels of nursing care, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as good measures of the quality of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
We also want to point out the fact that this facility was given a first-rate score of A in our long-term care area. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in long-term care it is usually a good sign for resident care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of looking at the well above average volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff at this nursing home, we also were happy with the nursing home's record for vaccinations. For example, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 97.297295 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. This combination proved to be effective as this place keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.35 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an impressive grade of A-. With this impressive grade, this place is one of the few nursing homes in Washington to earn straight A's. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mirabella Seattle Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which are administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression. Some argue this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion 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 stay residents who remained mobile levels. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better