The Terraces at Skyline is a small non-profit facility located in Seattle, Washington. This nursing home received an overall grade of B+, which is very good score. We found this facility to be better than the majority of the nursing homes in Seattle, which has a city grade of B. The best part of this nursing home's impressive report card was its short-term care grade. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section
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The Terraces at Skyline
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received a strong overall score as described above, but we especially wanted to emphasize its excellent short-term care grade. We awarded them an A in this category. In forming our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to formulate a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
This facility also excelled in inspections. In fact, we awarded it an B+ for that category. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to resident safety or health. A couple relatively minor deficiencies aren't something to panic about.
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Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Nursing ratings are largely based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we graded was long-term care, which was a low point for this nursing home. We awarded this facility a grade of D for long-term care, making this the facility's weakest grade. We would still suggest that you consider all of a nursing home's grades. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Terraces at Skyline Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Terraces at Skyline, 11.9% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Terraces at Skyline, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing care can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Terraces at Skyline, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indication of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Terraces at Skyline, 8.16% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Terraces at Skyline, 16.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Terraces at Skyline, 8.51% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients demonstrating signs of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Terraces at Skyline, 94% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Terraces at Skyline, 9.52% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Terraces at Skyline, 17.1% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In The Terraces at Skyline, 0 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Terraces at Skyline, 17.1% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Terraces at Skyline, 6.31% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Terraces at Skyline, 73.23% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Scores for Seattle, WA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
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