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Washington Care Center

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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2821 South Walden Street,
Seattle WA 98144

(206) 725-2800

91.63% estimated occupancy 1

Washington Care Center is a large facility in Seattle, Washington. Sporting an overall score of D, this is a well below average nursing home. Fortunately, if you aren't satisfied with this facility, there are 26 nursing homes to choose from in the city so you should be able to find a better option. If you aren't deterred by this place's profile, you can continue reading to learn more about its category grades. Nursing grades are discussed 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 - Limited Liability company
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Colostomy Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

While we were not complementary of this nursing home's overall grade, it actually earned an impressive nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of B+ in this area. Our nursing category assesses a handful of subcategories, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's next most favorable category is its short-term care score, where it received a B-. Our short-term care ratings are presumably most important for folks requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. We found that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

We gave this nursing home just a D for our long-term care score. This is not an impressive grade. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means the facility did not perform well in our measures relating to patient care. After considering the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. We were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated just 88.95833 percent of its patients for pneumonia. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best score in this category.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

The final category we looked at is inspections. Unfortunately, this nursing home didn't receive favorable government inspections in recent years. Consequently, we had to give it an F. When a place has this poor of an inspection rating, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. Tragically, this facility had one category L deficiency. This type of deficiency indicates multiple widespread threats to patient safety or health. A deficiency in this category is very damaging to a nursing home's inspection score. Lastly, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that this place was assessed large government fines recently totaling more than $100,000. This usually indicates that a poor track record has been an issue for several years.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Washington Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Washington Care Center, 9.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Washington Care Center, 4.79% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a fall leading to severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Washington Care Center, 1.7% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Washington Care Center, 12.16% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Washington Care Center, 6.43% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Washington Care Center, 3.04% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Washington Care Center, 90.55% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Washington Care Center, 14.22% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Washington Care Center, 26.75% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Washington Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Washington Care Center, 26.75% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Washington Care Center, 11.55% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Washington Care Center, 73.9% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

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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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=505017