Touchmark on South Hill Nursing turns out to be one of a multitude of available nursing homes at your disposal in Spokane, Washington. This facility is ranked among the most elite nursing homes we assessed. It was given one of the top grades that we offer. Indeed, we were so impressed with this nursing home that we rated it as one of the three highest graded facilities in Spokane. One of the major highlights of this facility's remarkable report card is its short-term care score. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Touchmark on South Hill Nursing
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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, this facility also excelled at short-term care, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. In determining our short-term care scores, we size up the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This area is more often than not a useful assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we considered in this area is the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 7.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our nursing category assesses several datapoints, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of moving residents at least once a day.
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Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also received a nearly flawless government inspection report. It received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. Our inspection grades are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 9 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we rated is long-term care. We gave this facility a solid grade in that area, with a B-. While this wasn't as favorable as a few of this nursing home's other scores, it is still not a poor grade. Our long-term care grade is commonly used to grade a facility's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services provided by a skilled nursing facility. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 97.22222 percent of its patients. This place also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Touchmark on South Hill Nursing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Touchmark on South Hill Nursing, 7.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Touchmark on South Hill Nursing, 2.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Touchmark on South Hill Nursing, 2.28% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Touchmark on South Hill Nursing, 13.8% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Touchmark on South Hill Nursing, 12.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Touchmark on South Hill Nursing, 13.74% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression could be a sign a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Touchmark on South Hill Nursing, 93.71% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Touchmark on South Hill Nursing, 13.94% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Touchmark on South Hill Nursing, 21.78% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Touchmark on South Hill Nursing, 21.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Touchmark on South Hill Nursing, 10.98 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Touchmark on South Hill Nursing, 74.42% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
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 A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
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Nearby Dialysis
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