North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center is one of five available nursing homes in Bellingham, Washington. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A score in this range requires some respectable marks. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Bellingham. The best part of this nursing home's report card is its exemplary short-term care score. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Short-term Care Quality
We awarded this nursing home one of our higher scores in short-term care, where it received an A. This is far better than the nursing home's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. In computing our short-term care scores, we size up the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is considered to be a meaningful assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this facility an A. Our nursing score is largely based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place 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 state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning a resident more frequently.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at was long-term care, where this facility received a C in this category. Our long-term care grades are more important for residents in need of more traditional assistance related to personal care. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. This nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
In our last category of inspections, we gave this facility a D. This turned out to be this facility's worst grade and it really pulled its overall grade down. Our inspection score is based on the facility's government inspection reports. Since the information is collected by government inspectors, we weight it heavily in overall grade. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. We suggest you pay close attention to the level of severity of the deficiencies. This particular nursing home was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they caused a risk to resident health or safety. Lastly, we need to point out that this place received large government fines recently amounting to over $100,000. This typically suggests that a facility's poor track record has been an issue for several years.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.12% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percent of long-term residents who have pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.4% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients that suffered falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center, 4.18% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center, 15.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for treating several conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center, 18.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.92% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents showing depressive symptoms. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center, 97.54% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.55% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center, 20.52% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center, 20.52% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.99% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center, 76.44% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually 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
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