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Stafholt Good Samaritan Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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456 C Street,
Blaine WA 98230

(360) 218-7819

71.92% estimated occupancy 1

Please note our records indicate that Stafholt Good Samaritan Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.

Stafholt Good Samaritan Center is in Blaine, Washington, a city with a total of 15,710 people. This facility was given an overall grade of C, which is a good score. You could definitely do worse than this nursing home. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's profile is its exemplary nursing score, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

The main thing salvaging this nursing home's profile is its elite nursing grade. We gave this nursing home an A in that category. The nursing category weighs quite a few subcategories, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning a patient more frequently.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home also excelled in the area of short-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of A- in that area, which happens to be one of our highest grades. Short-term care grades are based on the facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

We gave this nursing home a grade of just D for our long-term care grade. This is not one of our better scores. Nursing homes that do not fare well in long-term care typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 90.54054 percent of its patients. This is several points below average. Surprisingly, this facility was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

The last category we assessed was inspections. This facility did not receive favorable inspection reports in recent years. We gave it an F in this category. This dragged down this facility's overall grade significantly. With places that received this poor of an inspection rating, we recommend scrutinizing any severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This nursing home was assessed 7 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a risk to resident health or safety. Finally, we want to point out that this nursing home received large government fines recently amounting to over $100,000. This generally suggests that a facility's bad track record spanned multiple years.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Stafholt Good Samaritan Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Stafholt Good Samaritan Center, 5.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Stafholt Good Samaritan Center, 1.35% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients who sustained a fall which caused severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Stafholt Good Samaritan Center, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols minimizes the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Stafholt Good Samaritan Center, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Stafholt Good Samaritan Center, 15.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Stafholt Good Samaritan Center, 6.98% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients showing symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression may be an indicator a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Stafholt Good Samaritan Center, 92.53% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Stafholt Good Samaritan Center, 13.93% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Stafholt Good Samaritan Center, 17.71% of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility. Many believe that mobility is vital to patients well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Stafholt Good Samaritan Center, 17.71% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Stafholt Good Samaritan Center, 20.07% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Stafholt Good Samaritan Center, 66.49% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • St Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.97 miles away2901 Squalicum Parkway Bellingham Washington 98225Voluntary non-profit - Other(360) 734-5400

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Mt Baker Kidney Center19.63 miles away410 Birchwood Suite 100 Bellingham Washington 98225CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (360) 734-4243

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=505395