Sequim Health & Rehabilitation is an average-sized facility located in Sequim, Washington. This nursing home received an overall score of F. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Sequim. The city has just one other nursing home. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is short-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Sequim Health & Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
Even though we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable short-term care score this year. We gave it a B- in that area. In crafting these short-term care scores, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to formulate a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. This nursing home provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is usually a favorable sign. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Nurse Quality
We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Nursing scores are primarily associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care provided.
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Facility Inspections
We wanted to draw your attention to this nursing home's inspection rating where it received a lowly F. This often means we found red flags on its inspections. For nursing homes that received this bad of an inspection score, we recommend scrutinizing any severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This facility had one category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more serious categories of deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies found by inspectors had potential to pose actual harm to patients. Finally, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received large government fines in recent years amounting to more than $100,000. This generally signifies that a bad track record spanned several years.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we looked at was long-term care, in which this nursing home received a rock bottom grade in this category as well. We gave it a lowly F for this category, which is obviously a major disappointment. When facilities receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the nursing home is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 92.73505 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be slightly below what we anticipated but still a decent percentage. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sequim Health & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Sequim Health & Rehabilitation, 3.33% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that are suffering from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great measure of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Sequim Health & Rehabilitation, 8.55% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients that suffered a fall resulting in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Sequim Health & Rehabilitation, 2.96% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients that sustained a UTI. While more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Sequim Health & Rehabilitation, 15.93% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Sequim Health & Rehabilitation, 8.97% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Sequim Health & Rehabilitation, 20.43% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Sequim Health & Rehabilitation, 92.23% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Sequim Health & Rehabilitation, 18.88% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Sequim Health & Rehabilitation, 19.6% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Sequim Health & Rehabilitation, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to preserving the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Sequim Health & Rehabilitation, 19.6% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Sequim Health & Rehabilitation, 17.28% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Sequim Health & Rehabilitation, 77.26% of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Olympic Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.91 miles away939 Caroline St Port Angeles Washington 98362Government - Local(360) 417-7000
- Jefferson HealthcareCritical Access Hospitals 15.02 miles away834 Sheridan Street Port Townsend Washington 98368Government - Hospital District or Authority(360) 385-2200
Nearby Dialysis
- Nkc Port Angeles Kidney Center14.13 miles away809 Georgiana St Port Angeles Washington 98362Dialysis Stations: 10 (360) 565-1435
- Olympic Peninsula Kidney Center Northwest14.3 miles away2500 Sims Way Ste 102 Port Townsend Washington 98368Dialysis Stations: 6 (360) 379-9605