Sharon Care Center
1509 Harrison Avenue, Centralia WA 98531 · (360) 736-0112 · 90% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Sharon Care Center is a small nursing home located in Centralia, Washington. It looks like this is a fine nursing home. We gave this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable rating. This actually ended up being the number one rated facility in the city. Fortunately, this facility didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about its category grades can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 42 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a first-rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. In our short-term care assessment, we try to create a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze a facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. This place is the gold standard when it comes to skilled nursing staffing. In fact, it offered approximately 50% more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that eventually returned home from this facility. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy hours, we found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in the country in this area with 64.9 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
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. Our nursing score is largely associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 4.9 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which is among the more impressive totals in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. We are very impressed by both of these statistics. On top of providing high levels of nursing care, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality measures we assessed. With under five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category.
Facility Inspections
Another area of strength for this nursing home is in the area of inspections. Inspections proved to be one of its best categories. In that category, we gave this nursing home a B. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 9 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we graded is long-term care. This nursing home was given a strong long-term care rating this year, with a C. Even though this isn't as elite as a few of its other category grades, this is nevertheless a decent score in that category. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. This nursing home's vaccination data were not as favorable as its number of nursing hours per resident. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 90.76923 percent of its patients. We would love to see some improvement in this area in the future. On a more positive note, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. While it had 2.48 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was better than most facilities due to it having more complicated patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sharon Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric may be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients showing signs of depression. Increased rates of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better