Mt Baker Care Center is a small nursing home in Bellingham, Washington. After receiving an overall rating of A, this nursing home is ranked among the highest-graded nursing homes we looked at. This turned out to be substantially better than many of the facilities in the city. This place also received consistently good grades in each of our categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.
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Mt Baker Care Center
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ for nursing. The nursing score consists of many factors, but the most important consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
We also want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was given a superb score of A in our long-term care category. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Facility Inspections
This facility also received a nearly flawless government inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that category with an A-. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to our final area, this nursing home also excelled in the short-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of B+ for that category. This finalized a first-rate report card. In the category of short-term care, we try to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 4.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mt Baker Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mt Baker Care Center, 1.31% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mt Baker Care Center, 1.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mt Baker Care Center, 2.58% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mt Baker Care Center, 14.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mt Baker Care Center, 16.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mt Baker Care Center, 7.74% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mt Baker Care Center, 99.42% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mt Baker Care Center, 4% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mt Baker Care Center, 7.25% of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels. Many would argue that mobility is important for patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Mt Baker Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mt Baker Care Center, 7.25% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Mt Baker Care Center, 9.78% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Mt Baker Care Center, 68.59% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Scores for Bellingham, WA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of C
Looking for more options? Bellingham, Washington has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- St Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.15 miles away2901 Squalicum Parkway Bellingham Washington 98225Voluntary non-profit - Other(360) 734-5400
- Island HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.9 miles away1211 24th Street Anacortes Washington 98221Government - Hospital District or Authority(360) 299-1300
- Peacehealth United General Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 17.73 miles away2000 Hospital Drive Sedro Woolley Washington 98284Government - Hospital District or Authority(360) 856-6021
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Mt Baker Kidney Center4.52 miles away410 Birchwood Suite 100 Bellingham Washington 98225CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (360) 734-4243
- Puget Sound Kidney Centers Anacortes16.17 miles away809 31st St Anacortes Washington 98221Dialysis Stations: 5 (360) 755-3586
- Cascade Dialysis18.77 miles away145 Cascade Place Ste 100 Burlington Washington 98233Dialysis Stations: 4 (360) 707-2404