Riverview Care Center

Riverview Care Center is a nursing home in Spokane, Washington which has a total of 342,856 people. Featuring an overall rating of B, this facility is a great choice. We found this nursing home to be better than the majority of the nursing homes in Spokane, which has a city grade of B-. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its short-term care grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.

On top of faring well in its overall grade, this nursing home received even higher grades for short-term care. It earned one of our highest grades in that category with an A. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Washington in this metric with 59.7 percent of its patients returning home. For most nursing homes, less than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.

Adding to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also received an excellent nursing grade. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Nursing ratings are primarily associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at 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 place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving a resident more frequently.

This facility also performed well in our inspection category, which is based on the facility's recent government inspection reports. In fact, we gave it an impressive grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category generally have very few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

This facility's least impressive category is long-term care, which is the last area we analyzed. Sadly, it received a lowly F in this area. Even with several strong grades in other categories, this score is nevertheless somewhat disappointing so we wanted to make sure you are aware. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 99.37888 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.39 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.