North Valley Hospital
22 W 1st Street, Tonasket WA 98855 · (509) 486-2151 · 94.76% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Tonasket, Washington, North Valley Hospital is the lone nursing home located in the area. With an overall grade of A-, this nursing home ended up being one of the 50 best facilities in Washington. In our view, this facility ought to be a no brainer for most people. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 42 Beds
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Government - Hospital district
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We also want to emphasize that this nursing home excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an A+ in this category. In determining a facility's nursing rating, we assess the number of hours nurses are caring for residents as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This facility provides an incredible 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident daily. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing high levels of care, this nursing home also excelled in the quality measures we looked at. For example, it performed as well as any facility in the country in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these datapoints as reliable measures of the quality of nursing care being provided.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning our third area, we awarded this nursing home a score of A- for our short-term care rating. This is a first-rate rating. In our short-term care score, we try to craft a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at the facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at was long-term care, where this nursing home was given a grade of B-. This was this facility's weakest area. This is still not a bad grade. Long-term care scores are vital for prospective residents needing non-healthcare services such as personal care. In addition to offering favorable levels of nursing care, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This statistic is better than the average nursing home. This combination proved to be effective as this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
North Valley Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which developed pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better