Secora Rehabilitation of Cascadia
10435 Se Cora Street, Portland OR 97266 · (503) 760-1737 · 87.92% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Secora Rehabilitation of Cascadia is located in the large metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon. With an overall grade of C, this looks like a solid nursing home. Portland received a city grade of B+, so there are other options in the city worth looking at. The best part of this facility's profile was its exemplary nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 53 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall score, this facility really excelled in the category of nursing, where it received an A+. The nursing score considers many datapoints. The most heavily weighted variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This facility provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident daily. Approximately one quarter of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are among the most highly skilled nurses. Both of these figures exceed the national average. Finally, this place also performed even better in most of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, it had a low percentage of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also performed favorably in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A-. Few facilities performed better in this area. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. One of this facility's strengths is it offers more than seven hours of care per week from registered nurses per patient. This is really the gold standard for this metric, as it's approximately 50% higher than a typical nursing home's level of registered nurse staffing. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's next highest category was its long-term care score, where it received a grade of B-. For residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 99.31973 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
The final category we assessed was inspections. This nursing home did not receive favorable government inspection reports in recent years. We gave it an F in this category. This dragged down this facility's overall grade quite a bit. When a nursing home has this bad of an inspection rating, you should look for severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. This facility was hit with 7 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they posed a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, we also want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was assessed significant government fines in recent years of more than $100,000. This typically means that a poor track record has been an issue for several years.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Secora Rehabilitation of Cascadia Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who have experienced a fall leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some argue that this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better