Regency at Northpointe is an average-sized facility in Spokane, Washington. This facility received a grade of B overall. We found it to be better than the majority of the facilities in Spokane, which has a city grade of B-. Even in a city offering 14 other nursing homes, this facility ought to be a fine choice. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its short-term care rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Regency at Northpointe
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our short-term care grade. In forming our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to create a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this category is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home excelled in inspections, where it received an A-. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this category usually have few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 9 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
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Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. The nursing rating weighs a number of subcategories. The most heavily weighted one is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning a resident more often.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was long-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this area. In the area of long-term care, we weigh the quantity of care offered by a nursing home, as opposed to more medically-intensive services. After considering the amount of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinates 99.61089 percent of its residents against pneumonia. This nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Regency at Northpointe Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Regency at Northpointe, 7.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Regency at Northpointe, 2.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Regency at Northpointe, 2.28% of Patients had UTIs
This measures the percent of long-term residents who have sustained a UTI. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare different nursing homes due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Regency at Northpointe, 13.8% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Regency at Northpointe, 12.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Regency at Northpointe, 13.74% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Regency at Northpointe, 93.71% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Regency at Northpointe, 13.94% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Regency at Northpointe, 21.78% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Regency at Northpointe, 1 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Regency at Northpointe, 21.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Regency at Northpointe, 10.98 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Regency at Northpointe, 74.42% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Spokane, WA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
Looking for more options? Spokane, Washington has 13 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Providence Holy Family HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.59 miles away5633 North Lidgerwood Spokane Washington 99208Voluntary non-profit - Private(509) 482-2450
- PROV Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.Acute Care Hospitals 6.84 miles away101 West 8th Avenue Spokane Washington 99204Voluntary non-profit - Church(509) 474-3040
- Multicare Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.82 miles away12606 East Mission Avenue Spokane Washington 99216Voluntary non-profit - Private(509) 924-6650
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Northpointe Dialysis Unit0.1 miles away1116 E Westview Court Spokane Washington 99218CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (509) 468-8606
- Downtown Spokane Renal Center6.54 miles away601 West 5th Ave Ste 101 Spokane Washington 99204CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (509) 363-0070
- Spokane Valley Renal Center8.26 miles away12610 E Mirabeau Pkwy Suite 100 Spokane Washington 99216CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 10 (509) 228-9933
- Fmc Valley Dialysis Unit8.85 miles away1017 North Pines Rd Spokane Washington 99206CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (509) 891-1107
- Fmc Spokane Kidney Center9.95 miles away610 S Sherman Ave Suite 101 Spokane Washington 99202CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (509) 473-1010
- North Spokane Renal Center10.23 miles away7701 N Division Street Ste B Spokane Washington 99208CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (509) 465-3161
- Panorama Dialysis15.61 miles away822 S Main Deer Park Washington 99006Dialysis Stations: 4 (509) 276-7338