Washington Veteran Home-Retsil
1141 Beach Drive, Port Orchard WA 98366 · (360) 895-4700 · 90.83% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Washington Veteran Home-Retsil is located in Port Orchard, Washington. This city has a total of 61,951 people. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road score. This facility seems to have some things working in its favor. This facility didn't fare well in all of our categories, but it didn't receive any terrible grades either. Additional information about these categories is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 240 Beds
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Government - State
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
The main reason this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an elite nursing grade. In fact, we gave this facility a grade of A-. Our nursing grade looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This facility provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these metrics as predictive indicators of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Facility Inspections
This facility's inspection rating appears to be one of its best features. The nursing home earned a C in this category. Our inspection ratings are based on many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. Surprisingly, this place had a category J through K deficiency, which are some of the worst categories of deficiencies. This generally indicates that inspectors uncovered a deficiency which placed resident safety or health in immediate jeopardy. Finally, they also received 6 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is certainly not a great sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This facilities third most favorable category is short-term care. We awarded it a C in this area. This is essentially a middle of the pack grade in this area. In determining our short-term care scores, we assess a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is typically a solid measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. 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 assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 19.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients return home so this facility is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at is long-term care, which turned out to be a low point for this nursing home. We gave this facility a grade of just D in long-term care. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility gave the vaccine to 97.961494 percent of its patients, which is an above average datapoint. To our surprise, this nursing home also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.7 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Washington Veteran Home-Retsil Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better