AVAMERE SKILLED NURSING OF TACOMA - TACOMA, WA

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AVAMERE SKILLED NURSING OF TACOMA
3625 EAST B STREET
TACOMA, WA, 98404

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (253) 475-2507

Number of Certified Beds: 102
Total Number of Residents: 88
Percent of Occupied Beds: 86%
Sprinkler Status: Fully sprinklered
Program Participation: Medicare and Medicaid
Type of Ownership: For profit - Corporation
Located Within a Hospital?: No
Multi Nursing Home Ownership?: Yes
Resident and Family Councils: Resident
Continuing Care Retirement Community?: No
Quality Indicator Survey?: Yes
Special Focus Facility?: No
Type: Skilled Nursing Facilities

Overall Star Rating: 1 Star
Health Inspections Star Rating: 1 Star
Nurse Staffing Star Rating: 1 Star
Quality Measures Star Rating: 1 Star
RN Only Star Rating: 2 Stars

Quality Measures

Staff Information

Complaint Deficiency

Protect residents from mistreatment, neglect, and/or theft of personal property: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Hire only people who have no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is free of dangers that cause accidents: Isolated (Actual harm)

Provide enough notice before discharging or transferring a resident: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Help and prepare each resident for a safe and easy discharge and transfer from the nursing home: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Write and use policies that forbid mistreatment, neglect and abuse of residents and theft of residents' property: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is free of dangers that cause accidents: Isolated (Actual harm)

Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Keep accurate and appropriate medical records: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Develop a complete care plan within 7 days of each resident's admission; 2) prepare a care plan with the care team, including the primary nurse, doctor, resident or resident's family or representative; or 3) check and update the care plan: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide social services for related medical problems to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Hire only people who have no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Be designed, built, equipped, or well kept to protect the health and safety of residents, workers, and the public: Pattern (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure there is a program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is free of dangers that cause accidents: Pattern (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give professional services that follow each resident's written care plan: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide needed housekeeping and maintenance: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide care in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and self respect: Pattern (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Write and use policies that forbid mistreatment, neglect and abuse of residents and theft of residents' property: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give professional services that follow each resident's written care plan: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Be designed, built, equipped, or well kept to protect the health and safety of residents, workers, and the public: Pattern (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Store, cook, and give out food in a safe and clean way: Widespread (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure there is a program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests: Pattern (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Be administered in a way that leads to the highest possible level of well being for each resident: Widespread (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give lab tests only when the attending doctor ordered them: Pattern (Potential for minimal harm)

Have a detailed, written plan for disasters and emergencies: Widespread (Potential for minimal harm)

Train all employees on what to do in an emergency: Widespread (Potential for minimal harm)

1) Provide 3 meals daily at regular times; or 2) serve breakfast within 14 hours after dinner; or 3) offer a snack at bedtime each day: Pattern (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible: Pattern (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Immediately tell the resident, doctor, and a family member if: the resident is injured, there is a major change in resident's physical/mental health, there is a need to alter treatment significantly, or the resident must be transferred or discharged: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Immediately tell the resident, doctor, and a family member if: the resident is injured, there is a major change in resident's physical/mental health, there is a need to alter treatment significantly, or the resident must be transferred or discharged: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide services to meet the needs and preferences of each resident: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Keep accurate and appropriate medical records: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Hire only people who have no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Write and use policies that forbid mistreatment, neglect and abuse of residents and theft of residents' property: Pattern (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide care in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and self respect: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly: Pattern (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop a plan with the resident and family for the resident's care after leaving the nursing home: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Help and prepare each resident for a safe and easy discharge and transfer from the nursing home: Isolated (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)