Living Care Retirement Community is a facility in Yakima, Washington. This city has a population of 126,248 people. With an overall rating of B-, this looks like a decent facility. Based on the data we reviewed, there are definitely much worse facilities out there. This facility is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Living Care Retirement Community
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Aquatic Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
We gave this facility one of our better scores in nursing, with an A-. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. Our nursing score includes a host of factors. The most important one is the number of hours nurses spent with residents. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's short-term care rating appears to be one of its better grades. The nursing home was given a B- in this area. In our short-term care rating, we endeavor to craft a fair barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
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Facility Inspections
We also found that this nursing home has earned favorable inspections in recent years. In fact, we awarded it a B- in this category. This is better than many nursing homes in this category. We would argue that one of the most important factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially look at the severity of the deficiencies. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
Our next area is long-term care, in which we awarded this facility a C in that category. In the category of long-term care, we focus on the amount of services offered by a nursing home, rather than more medically-intensive services. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 91.84783 percent of its patients. This is somewhat less than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Nevertheless, this facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Living Care Retirement Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Living Care Retirement Community, 10.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Living Care Retirement Community, 4.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a fall resulting in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Living Care Retirement Community, 5.26% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of facilities with worst hygiene practices. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Living Care Retirement Community, 8.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Living Care Retirement Community, 4.02% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term care residents which are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Living Care Retirement Community, 29.44% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Living Care Retirement Community, 91.58% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Living Care Retirement Community, 14.2% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Living Care Retirement Community, 8.59% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Living Care Retirement Community, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Living Care Retirement Community, 8.59% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Living Care Retirement Community, 8.1% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Living Care Retirement Community, 80.29% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Scores for Yakima, WA
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
Looking for more options? Yakima, Washington has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Yakima Valley Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.69 miles away2811 Tieton Drive Yakima Washington 98902Voluntary non-profit - Private(509) 575-8000
- Astria Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.86 miles away110 South Ninth Ave Yakima Washington 98902Proprietary(509) 575-5102
- Astria Toppenish HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.65 miles away502 W Fourth Ave Toppenish Washington 98948Voluntary non-profit - Private(509) 865-1520
Nearby Dialysis
- Yakima Dialysis Center2.06 miles away1221 N 16th Ave Yakima Washington 98902CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (509) 457-8333
- Union Gap Dialysis Center5 miles away1236 Ahtanum Ridge Business Park Yakima Washington 98903CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (509) 469-6292
- Davita Wapato Dialysis12.3 miles away502 West 1st Street Wapato Washington 98951Dialysis Stations: 6 (509) 877-2085
- Zillah Dialysis19.17 miles away823 Zillah West Rd Ste 300 Zillah Washington 98953Dialysis Stations: 8 (509) 829-0209