Spokane Veterans Home
222 East Fifth, Spokane WA 99202 · (509) 344-5770 · 96.1% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Spokane Veterans Home is an average-sized government-owned facility located in Spokane, Washington. Featuring an overall grade of D, this is a relatively poor nursing home. We ranked this as one of the bottom three facilities in Spokane. With plenty of other nursing homes in the city, you should be able to do better. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category is inspections, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 100 Beds
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Government - State
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a B- for inspections. This grade is more respectable than the facility's overall grade. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we gave this facility an B-. We analyzed the levels of nurses working for the facility, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses were with residents, in computing our rating in this area. This facility boasts an impressive 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient per day, of which more than an hour of those were provided by registered nurses. Registered nurses are highly trained nurses. Lastly, this nursing home was relatively weak in two of the major areas we look at, with below average scores for minimizing its patients' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
The third category we analyzed was short-term care, where this facility received a grade of B- in this category. Our short-term care ratings are arguably more meaningful for patients needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 35.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most facilities, about half of patients are able to return home so this place is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed is long-term care, which is this facility's weakest area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this category. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this place also was not as bad as we expected at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Although it had 1.93 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic wasn't bad since it had some more complicated patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Spokane Veterans Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better