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Spokane Veterans Home

  • Nursing Home
  • For people with disabilities

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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222 East Fifth,
Spokane WA 99202

(509) 344-5770

83.8% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Spokane Veterans Home has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Spokane Veterans Home is a nursing home located in Spokane, Washington which has a population of 342,856 people. This facility is a well below average facility. A score in this range suggests we found a few red flags. If you aren't happy with this facility's overall grade, you should be able to find a better option in Spokane. The city has at least 10 other nursing homes. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - State

Specialized Services

  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

Although we were not high on this nursing home overall, we gave it a B- for inspections. This grade is better than this place's overall score. Inspection scores are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. Our nursing rating is largely tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.5 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is well below average. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of these quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it did very well in this metric. This is often a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning residents at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The third category we analyzed is short-term care, where this facility was given a grade of B- in this category. In the category of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. The final datapoint we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The last area we scored was long-term care, which turned out to be this nursing home's least impressive category. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this category. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a bad sign for resident care and it may mean that the place is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We found that this nursing home vaccinated just 88.43537 percent of its patients, which is somewhat concerning. Surprisingly, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Spokane Veterans Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Spokane Veterans Home, 6.05% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Spokane Veterans Home, 4.42% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are routinely linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Spokane Veterans Home, 3.44% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Spokane Veterans Home, 11.76% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Spokane Veterans Home, 15.16% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Spokane Veterans Home, 3.66% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression could be an indicator a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Spokane Veterans Home, 93.56% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Spokane Veterans Home, 13.45% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Spokane Veterans Home, 15.71% of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Spokane Veterans Home, 0.25 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Spokane Veterans Home, 15.71% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Spokane Veterans Home, 77.91% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements.

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 B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus

Looking for more options? Spokane, Washington has 13 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • PROV Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.Acute Care Hospitals 0.36 miles away101 West 8th Avenue Spokane Washington 99204Voluntary non-profit - Church(509) 474-3040
  • Providence Holy Family HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.03 miles away5633 North Lidgerwood Spokane Washington 99208Voluntary non-profit - Private(509) 482-2450
  • Multicare Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.02 miles away12606 East Mission Avenue Spokane Washington 99216Voluntary non-profit - Private(509) 924-6650

Nearby Dialysis

  • Downtown Spokane Renal Center0.22 miles away601 West 5th Ave Ste 101 Spokane Washington 99204CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (509) 363-0070
  • North Spokane Renal Center3.66 miles away7701 N Division Street Ste B Spokane Washington 99208CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (509) 465-3161
  • Fmc Spokane Kidney Center3.71 miles away610 S Sherman Ave Suite 101 Spokane Washington 99202CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (509) 473-1010
  • Fmc Northpointe Dialysis Unit6.52 miles away1116 E Westview Court Spokane Washington 99218CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (509) 468-8606
  • Fmc Valley Dialysis Unit7.75 miles away1017 North Pines Rd Spokane Washington 99206CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (509) 891-1107
  • Spokane Valley Renal Center8.22 miles away12610 E Mirabeau Pkwy Suite 100 Spokane Washington 99216CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 10 (509) 228-9933

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=505509