Washington Care Center

Washington Care Center - SEATTLE, WA

2821 SOUTH WALDEN STREET, SEATTLE, WA 98144

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WASHINGTON CARE:

WASHINGTON CARE

has been placed on our NHAA Watchlist for the following:

Actual Harm Findingsi

On April 4, 2023 and May 3, 2023, state nursing home surveyors found that WASHINGTON CARE caused ACTUAL HARM to residents.

All Recent Surveys:   2023-04-04   2023-05-03

In 15 separate written deficiencies, state nursing home surveyors found that WASHINGTON CARE caused ACTUAL HARM to residents (from September 14, 2009 to May 3, 2023).

All Surveys:   2014-09-08   2017-09-14   2015-02-24   2009-09-14   2016-07-11   2017-06-26   2022-03-08   2021-09-27   2023-04-04   2021-03-19   2023-05-03   2022-08-10   2019-06-03   2021-01-22

Worst Nursing Home Ratingsi

WASHINGTON CARE received the worst ratings for the following:

1-star out of 5
For the last 12 consecutive months - July, 2022 to July, 2023

1-star out of 5
28 months total between April, 2019 and July, 2023

1-star out of 5
For the last 35 consecutive months - April, 2020 to July, 2023

1-star out of 5
39 months total between August, 2019 and July, 2023

Source - These ratings are published monthly by CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

History of Inadequate Staffingi

Understaffing has a very human cost, not only to the dignity of nursing home residents but also to their basic safety and well-being. Click here for signs and symptoms of understaffing.

Understaffing has been determined to cause patient injury and deprive residents of essential care according to numerous scientific studies.

What is inadequate overall staffing?

Below 4.1 hours of RNs, LPNs, and CNAs time for each resident per day

"Residents need a minimum total of 4.10 hours of care from RNs, LPNs, and CNAs per day for safety and basic services.

- American Nurses Association’s Position Statement dated November 12, 2014

Was WASHINGTON CARE staffed at Inadequate levels?:

Days staffed below 2.2 hours of CNA time for each resident per day In 2020: 0.13114754098361
48 days
out of 366 days
In 2019: 0.20821917808219
76 days
out of 365 days
In 2018: 0.16483516483516
45 days
out of 273 days
In 2017: 0.36630036630037
100 days
out of 273 days
Average CNA care
per resident per day
In 2020: 2.45 hours
January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2019: 2.34 hours
January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2018: 2.34 hours
January 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2017: 2.23 hours
January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
Average overall care
per resident per day
In 2020: 4.09 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020)
In 2019: 3.79 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019)
In 2018: 3.84 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018)
In 2017: 3.72 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017)

Source — Payroll Based Journal daily staffing reports filed by this nursing home with CMS.
(For 2018, the most currently avaliable data is used above.)

Why do staffing levels matter to WASHINGTON CARE residents?

  • 97.8% of residents need assistance with toileting and/or incontinent care
  • 95.7% of residents needed assistance transferring from bed and/or wheelchair
  • 95.0% of residents confined to wheelchair and/or bed
  • 64.7% of residents had dementia

Source -- Most recently published Resident Characteristics data (Form 672) submitted by this nursing home to CMS. (September 14, 2017)

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