Washington Center for Comprehe
2821 South Walden Street, Seattle WA 98144 · (206) 725-2800 · 76.84% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Washington Center for Comprehe is a large government-owned nursing home located in Seattle, Washington. This nursing home received an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack grade. Seattle received a city grade of B, so there are other options in the city worth looking at. Finally, this facility had an ownership change in the last year, so we'll have to see if that has any effect on its grades in the coming year.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 165 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
While this nursing home's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the area of nursing. In fact, we gave it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Nursing ratings are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is better than what is offered by most facilities. Finally, this place also performed very well in most of the quality measures we assessed. It had a low number of patients sustaining both pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, we awarded this facility a B in our short-term care category. This happens to be one of our better grades. In our short-term care grade, we try to create a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, we found that this nursing home provided respectable levels of physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident. The final metric we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 41 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's next highest category turned out to be long-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of C. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. This facility's vaccination statistics weren't as favorable some of the other statistics in this category, such as its nursing hours. It administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 77.846794 percent of its residents. We would like to see some improvement in this area in the future. Fortunately, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.69 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Facility Inspections
The final category we assessed is inspections. This facility did not receive favorable inspections in recent years. We gave it an F in this category. This ended up pulling down this nursing home's overall score significantly. With places that received this poor of an inspection grade, we would scrutinize any severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This particular facility was hit with one category L deficiency, which is the most serious category of deficiencies. This category indicates CMS identified a widespread deficiency putting patient safety or health in immediate jeopardy. Even one deficiency in this category can drag a facility's inspection grade down. Finally, this facility also received 6 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Washington Center for Comprehe Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better