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The Gardens on University

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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414 S University Rd,
Spokane WA 99206

(509) 924-4650

51.85% estimated occupancy 1

The Gardens on University is just one of 14 possibilities in Spokane, Washington. This nursing home received an F, which is really a rock-bottom score in our grading scheme. Based on our ratings, this place is not a fit for any prospective resident. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category is short-term care, which is addressed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Oncology Care

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

Although we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a decent short-term care grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category, which was the closest thing to a bright spot we could find for this facility. Short-term care grades are generally used to measure a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to offer highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. We found that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final metric we looked at in this category is the number of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

This facility's second best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. Our nursing grade is mostly based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This figure is far below average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these metrics to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

Among this facility's alarming category grades was an F for its inspection grade. More often than not, this means we found some red flags on the facility's inspection reports. For facilities with poor inspection grades, you should focus on any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This facility was hit with one category J through K deficiency, which are among the worst deficiencies. Finally, we need to point out that this place was assessed significant government fines recently totaling over $100,000. This usually signifies that a poor track record spanned several years.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Moving on to our final area, this nursing home did not perform very well here either. With a poor grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as bad as it gets. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. One of the statistics we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 95.7672 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this place also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

The Gardens on University Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In The Gardens on University, 12.42% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients that developed pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an measure of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In The Gardens on University, 1.06% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents who have suffered falls leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In The Gardens on University, 1.62% of Patients had UTIs

This metric tells you the percent of long-term residents that experienced UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric may be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In The Gardens on University, 9.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In The Gardens on University, 3.78% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of long-term patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In The Gardens on University, 24.22% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In The Gardens on University, 95.52% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In The Gardens on University, 19.46% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In The Gardens on University, 18.53% of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels. Many believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A+

In The Gardens on University, 0 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In The Gardens on University, 18.53% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In The Gardens on University, 12.39% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In The Gardens on University, 70.37% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

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

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Nearby Hospitals

  • Multicare Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.77 miles away12606 East Mission Avenue Spokane Washington 99216Voluntary non-profit - Private(509) 924-6650
  • PROV Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.Acute Care Hospitals 6.99 miles away101 West 8th Avenue Spokane Washington 99204Voluntary non-profit - Church(509) 474-3040
  • Providence Holy Family HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.76 miles away5633 North Lidgerwood Spokane Washington 99208Voluntary non-profit - Private(509) 482-2450

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc Valley Dialysis Unit1.38 miles away1017 North Pines Rd Spokane Washington 99206CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (509) 891-1107
  • Spokane Valley Renal Center2.57 miles away12610 E Mirabeau Pkwy Suite 100 Spokane Washington 99216CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 10 (509) 228-9933
  • Downtown Spokane Renal Center6.49 miles away601 West 5th Ave Ste 101 Spokane Washington 99204CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (509) 363-0070
  • North Spokane Renal Center7.92 miles away7701 N Division Street Ste B Spokane Washington 99208CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (509) 465-3161
  • Fmc Northpointe Dialysis Unit8.84 miles away1116 E Westview Court Spokane Washington 99218CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (509) 468-8606
  • Fmc Spokane Kidney Center9.43 miles away610 S Sherman Ave Suite 101 Spokane Washington 99202CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (509) 473-1010
  • Fmc Post Falls Dialysis Unit16 miles away1300 E Mullan Suite 1200 Post Falls Idaho 83854Dialysis Stations: 12 (208) 777-6054
  • Dsi Post Falls Dialysis17.67 miles away920 North Highway 41 Ste 3 Post Falls Idaho 83854Dialysis Stations: 13 (208) 627-2039

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=505114