Northwoods Lodge is a small nursing home located in Silverdale, Washington. With an A+ overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top five percentile of all facilities in the United States. This is really as good of a facility as you're going to find. If you look further down this page, you can see this nursing home's category ratings, which are just as strong as its overall rating.
Northwoods Lodge
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
2321 Schold Place Northwest,
Silverdale WA 98383
74.25% estimated occupancy 1
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Short-term Care Quality
One of the reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ in short-term care. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. This nursing home is substantially above the national average in terms of its quantity of both physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents. In fact, it provided about 50% more care per resident from both of these care providers than the average facility provided. These are generally good indicators of quality short-term care. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in the nation in this area with 72.5 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility received high marks in the area of nursing. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. There are a variety of subcategories included in this category. Many of these datapoints are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 4.8 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This was one of the better figures we found. Furthermore, we found that a significant percentage of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. On top of offering high levels of nursing care, this place also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. By way of illustration, it performed as well as any nursing home in the state in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We look at these areas as predictive indicators of the caliber of nursing care provided.
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Long-term Care Quality
We also wanted to alert you to the fact that this nursing home was awarded a high-end grade of A in our long-term care category. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 92 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Facility Inspections
Lastly, this nursing home also received a virtually flawless government inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with an elite grade of A. With this impressive grade, this place is one of the few nursing homes in Washington to receive straight A's. Our inspection ratings are based on many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Northwoods Lodge Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Northwoods Lodge, 6.84% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Northwoods Lodge, 3.14% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care residents that suffered falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Northwoods Lodge, 2.25% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Northwoods Lodge, 13.73% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Northwoods Lodge, 12.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Northwoods Lodge, 14.66% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many argue that this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Northwoods Lodge, 93.57% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Northwoods Lodge, 13.88% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Northwoods Lodge, 11.09 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Northwoods Lodge, 73.77% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Harrison Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.78 miles away2520 Cherry Avenue Bremerton Washington 98310Voluntary non-profit - Private(360) 377-3911
- Uw Medicine/Northwest HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.03 miles away1550 North 115th Street Seattle Washington 98133Voluntary non-profit - Other(206) 368-1700
- Virginia Mason Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.8 miles away925 Seneca St Seattle Washington 98101Voluntary non-profit - Private(206) 223-6600
- Harborview Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.11 miles away325 9th Avenue Seattle Washington 98104Government - Local(206) 731-3000
- Swedish Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.13 miles away747 Broadway Seattle Washington 98122Voluntary non-profit - Private(206) 386-6000
- University of Washington Medical CtrAcute Care Hospitals 17.21 miles away1959 Ne Pacific St Box 356151 Seattle Washington 98195Government - State(206) 598-3300
- Kaiser Permanente Central HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.37 miles away201 - 16th Avenue East Seattle Washington 98112Voluntary non-profit - Other(206) 326-3000
- Swedish Medical Center / Cherry HillAcute Care Hospitals 17.65 miles away500 17th Avenue Seattle Washington 98122Voluntary non-profit - Church(206) 320-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Olympic Peninsula Kidney Center - North4.57 miles away19472 Powder Hill Pl Ste 100 Poulsbo Washington 98370Dialysis Stations: 8 (360) 598-9712
- Olympic Peninsula Kidney Center Coordinated Care Unit6.68 miles away2740 Clare Ave Bremerton Washington 98310Dialysis Stations: 4 (360) 479-1068
- Olympic Peninsula Kidney Center6.73 miles away2613 Wheaton Way Bremerton Washington 98310CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (360) 479-5908
- Olympic Peninsula Kc - South Kitsap9.5 miles away450 S Kitsap Blvd Bldg 1, Suite 178 Port Orchard Washington 98366Dialysis Stations: 11 (360) 895-7795
- Nkc Scribner Kidney Center16.16 miles away2150 N 107th, Suite 160 Seattle Washington 98133CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (206) 363-5090
- Nkc Burien Kidney Center16.33 miles away12901 20th Ave South Seattle Washington 98168CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (206) 923-3562
- Nkc Elliott Bay Kidney Center17.11 miles away600 Broadway, Suite 240 Seattle Washington 98122CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (206) 292-2515
- Nkc Broadway Kidney Center17.16 miles away700 Broadway Seattle Washington 98122CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (206) 292-2705