Washington Odd Fellows Home
534 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla WA 99362 · (509) 525-6463 · 88.37% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Washington Odd Fellows Home is an average-sized non-profit facility in Walla Walla, Washington. With an overall rating of B, this is a fine nursing home. This place definitely has plenty working in its favor. The best aspect of this facility's strong profile was its nursing score. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 117 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
On top of earning a strong overall grade, this nursing home performed well in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our nursing grade is primarily based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provides an impressive 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Out of this total, nearly one fourth of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. Lastly, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality measures we looked at in this category. By way of illustration, it performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to this facility's list of achievements, it also received a fine short-term care grade. We awarded them an elite strong of A- in this area. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. This place performed respectably with 46.7 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its strong resume, this facility earned a grade of B for its inspections rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our inspection grades account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 8 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 last area we scored is long-term care. For this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. In calculating our long-term care scores, we analyze the assistance with daily living received by a nursing home's patients. On top of providing favorable levels of nurse staffing, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.17127 percent of its residents. This figure is higher than many nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this facility also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.14 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a substantially lower hospitalization rate than the average nursing home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Washington Odd Fellows Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients who had falls resulting in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean 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. These medications are generally prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better