Queen Anne Healthcare

Queen Anne Healthcare is located in Seattle, Washington, which features quite a few nursing homes. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road score. The nursing homes in Seattle received quality scores across the board with a city grade of a B. One of the best aspects of this facility's report card is its remarkable nursing rating, which is addressed in the next section.

While this nursing home's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in nursing. We gave it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. When determining a facility's nursing grade, we assess the number of hours nurses are caring for residents and the level of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home averages 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place Washington in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving patients more frequently.

Another strength of this facility is its favorable score in short-term care. We awarded it one of our better grades in that category, with a score of A-. Our short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. The last metric we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. This place was respectable in this area with 47.9 percent of its patients returning home.

The next area we analyzed is long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B. It actually performed better than most facilities in this area. For patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 93.393394 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is a bit lower than we anticipated but still a decent percentage. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. While it had 1.92 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was better than most nursing homes since it had some more complicated patients.

In the last category of inspections, this ended up being this nursing home's weakest link. Inspection ratings are based on a nursing home's recent government inspection reports. We gave this facility a grade of just D in this category, which is not a very good grade. Since this data is collected by independent inspectors, we tend to take it seriously. Our inspection grades factor in many items found on the facility's recent inspection reports. When you see too many deficiencies on the inspection reports, this is typically the worst sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to the well being of residents. This facility was hit with 6 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they created a risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility also received a substantiated complaint in the last few years. There seem to be no shortage of reasons to pass on this facility.