Willamette View

In addition to receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home earned an A+ inspection grade. This score is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can pay to a facility. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area tend to have very few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Additionally, this facility also was given favorable short-term care scores in our assessment. In fact, we awarded it one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of B+. Our short-term care grades are likely most important for those in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The last measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Nursing scores are primarily based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place Oregon in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving a patient at least once a day.

In the final category we assessed, this nursing home was awarded a very favorable grade of B+ in our long-term care category. With this score, the nursing home finished off a very impressive profile. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Unfortunately, it does not look like this nursing home provided vaccination data. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.