Olympia Transitional Care and Rehabilitation

Olympia Transitional Care and Rehabilitation is a large nursing home located in Olympia, Washington. This nursing home received an overall rating of F. Keep in mind that Olympia received a far more impressive city grade of B, so you should definitely look at other options in the city. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.

This facility surprisingly performed well in the area of short-term care. We awarded it a B for that category. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be more critical for individuals in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. This facility was satisfactory in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered a reasonable level of care from both physical therapists and registered nurses. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. It outperformed the majority of facilities with 53 percent of its residents returning home. This is a higher rate than most facilities.

We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Our nursing score is largely associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. According to its staffing data, this facility provided an average of 4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which was above average. Finally, this facility was relatively weak in two of the metrics we look at, with below average scores for minimizing its patients' pressure ulcers and major falls.

This place received an F for its inspection rating. This is an important category. Grades in this range typically mean we found some red flags on the facility's inspection reports. When a facility has this poor of an inspection score, you should look for severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. Tragically, this nursing home was hit with a category L deficiency. This type of deficiency indicates widespread threats to patient health or safety. A deficiency in this category is very damaging to a facility's inspection score. Finally, we want to point out that this nursing home was assessed significant government fines in recent years amounting to more than $100,000. This often indicates that a facility's poor track record has been an issue for more than one year.

The next category we scored was long-term care. This facility was given a very poor grade of F in that area. When facilities receive this kind of score in long-term care it is often a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the place is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. This nursing home's vaccination records weren't as favorable as its number of nursing hours per resident. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 88.29114 percent of its residents. We would love to see some improvement herein this statistic next year. To our surprise, this facility actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.69 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.