Providence St Joseph Care Center
17 East 8th Avenue, Spokane WA 99202 · (509) 474-5678 · 61.17% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Providence St Joseph Care Center is located in Spokane, Washington. This city is among the largest metropolitan areas in the nation with has a total of 342,856 people. Our rating system was not very kind to this nursing home, as we gave it an overall score of F. Fortunately, this nursing home is one of 15 nursing homes in this city so if you aren't impressed, you should have better options. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 162 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
Even though we graded this nursing home very poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing rating this year. We gave it a B- in that category. Our nursing rating looks at the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. With 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, this place surpassed the national average. We also look at the skill levels of nurses and apply more weight to hours worked by skilled nurses. Lastly, we also considered some quality-based assessments. This place performed well in a few of the quality measures we assessed. For example, in terms of the number of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this place outpaced the national average. This is generally a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided with better nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Incredibly, we gave this facility a B- for our short-term care grade, which is not a bad grade. In the category of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. This facility provided more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. This is what we like to find when assessing a nursing home in this category. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that it performed well with 57.2 percent of its residents returning home. For most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Facility Inspections
This facility didn't perform terribly in inspections. We gave it a C for that category. The last category we looked at actually turned out to be the source of this facility's bottom of the barrel overall grade. Inspection grades are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. This facility was assessed 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were in categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an imminent danger to patient health or safety. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was long-term care, turned out to be this facility's worst category. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in that area. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is often a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the facility is not as well-staffed. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 92.30769 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this facility was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.42 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Providence St Joseph Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who have sustained UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better