The nine worst-rated Washington nursing homes, according to the government. Take a look
As the baby boomer generation ages, the need for more nursing home care continues to grow. In Washington state, quality varies among such homes.
The U.S. is estimated to have more than 70 million baby boomers, born from 1946 to 1964. By 2030, all of them will be at least 65 years old, U.S. census data shows.
But that’s not all. With better health care increasing lifespans and birth rates dropping among young women, older adults could outnumber children under 18 years old for the first time in U.S. history by 2034, the Census Bureau projects.
The need for more and better quality nursing home care will become increasingly important in coming years. So we took a look at publicly-ranked facilities in Washington state.
Based on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ five-star rating system for nursing homes, of the 199 homes examined in Washington, 31, or about 15.6%, have the worst one-star rating, and one has had so many violations that it isn’t rated at all. Of the 199 examined, 26 have been cited for abuse.
Another 44 nursing homes have the highest five-star rating. Two don’t have a rating because they are newly certified, with less than 12 to 15 months of data available.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ star rating system is based on staffing, health inspections and quality measures. Most nursing homes in the U.S. are included the star rating system, given that the government examines all facilities that accept payments from Medicaid and Medicare.
However, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services note that the rating system should not guide a decision on which nursing homes are best for a particular person. It also notes that the rating system cannot address all of the important considerations into making a decision, such as the extent to which specialty care is provided and how easy it will be for family members to visit.
President Joe Biden announced new steps to improve nursing home quality in late 2022, including offering more resources to support well-paid union jobs in nursing home care, along with more vigorous enforcement for the worst-performing nursing homes — specifically ones in the Special Focus Facilities Program. The program already provides more frequent inspections.
Only one Washington state nursing home is in the program: St. Francis of Bellingham at 3121 Squalicum Parkway in Bellingham. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ website said that it “is not rated due to a series of serious quality issues. This nursing home is subject to more frequent inspections, escalating penalties and potential termination from Medicare and Medicaid.”
Below is a complete list of the 32 worst-rated Washington nursing homes, followed by a list of the 44 best-rated homes, as of Jan. 31. For more details on each home’s rating, click here.
Worst-rated nursing homes
Arcadia Healthcare - Parkside — 308 W. Emma, Union Gap
Arcadia Healthcare - Renton — 80 SW. Second St., Renton
Arcadia Healthcare - Talbot — 4430 Talbot Road S., Renton
Auburn Post Acute — 414 17th SE., Auburn
Avalon Care Center - Federal Way — 135 S. 336th St., Federal Way
Avalon Care Center - Pullman — NW. 1310 Deane, Pullman
Avamere Heritage Rehabilitation of Tacoma — 7411 Pacific Ave., Tacoma
Bremerton Convalescent & Rehabilitation Center — 2701 Clare Ave., Bremerton
Colville Tribal Convalescent C — 1 Convalescent Center Blvd., Nespelem
Crestwood Health and Rehabilitation Center — 1116 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles
Enumclaw Health & Rehab Center — 2323 Jensen St., Enumclaw
Everett Center — 1919 112th St. SW., Everett
Fir Lane Health and Rehab Center — 2430 N. 13th St., Shelton
Forest Ridge Health & Rehab — 140 S. Marion Ave., Bremerton
Foss Home & Village — 13023 Greenwood Ave. N., Seattle
Garden Village (cited for abuse) — 206 S. 10th Ave., Yakima
Good Samaritan Society - Stafholt (cited for abuse) — 456 C St., Blaine
Hallmark Manor — 32300 First Ave. S, Federal Way
Heartwood Extended Healthcare — 1649 E. 72nd, Tacoma
Life Care Center of Richland (cited for abuse) — 44 Goethals Drive, Richland
Linden Grove Health Care Center — 400 29th St. NE., Puyallup
North Auburn Rehab & Health Center — 2830 I St. NE., Auburn
North Bend Post Acute — 219 Cedar Ave. S., North Bend
Regency at the Park (cited for abuse) —420 SE. Myra Road, College Place
Regency Coupeville Rehab and Nursing Center (cited for abuse) — 311 NE Third St., Coupeville
Roo Lan Health & Rehab — 1505 Carpenter Road SE, Lacey
Sequim Health & Rehabilitation — 650 W. Hemlock St., Sequim
Stafford Healthcare — 2800 S. 224th St., Des Moines
St. Francis of Bellingham (cited for abuse and under Special Focus Facility Program) — 3121 Squalicum Parkway, Bellingham
Sunrise View Convalescent Center — 2520 Madison, Everett
Vancouver Speciality and Rehab Care — 1015 N. Garrison Road, Vancouver
Washington Care Center (cited for abuse) — 2821 S. Walden St., Seattle
The following nursing homes have also been cited for abuse, but either don’t have a rating yet or rate higher than one star.
Ballard Center (two stars) — 820 NW 95th St., Seattle
Bethany at Silver Lake (two stars) — 2235 Lake Heights Drive, Everett
Christian Health Care Center (three stars) — 855 Aaron Drive, Lynden
Colville of Cascadia (two stars) — 1000 E. Elep St., Colville
Everett Transitional Care Services (no rating due to lack of data) — 916 Pacific Avenue, Everett
Highland Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia (three stars) — 2400 Samish Way, Bellingham
Life Care Center of Kirkland (three stars) — 10101 NE 12th St., Kirkland
Lynnwood Post Acute Rehabilitation Center (three stars) — 5821 188th St. SW, Lynnwood
Mira Vista Care Center (three stars) — 300 S. 18th St. Mount Vernon
Mountain View Rehabilitation and Care Center (two stars) — 5925 47th Ave. NE, Marysville
North Central Care Center (three stars) — N. 1812 Wall St., Spokane
Park Ridge Care Center (two stars) — 1250 NE. 145th St., Seattle
Prestige Post-Acute and Rehab Center - Centralia (two stars) — 917 S. Scheuber Road, Centralia
Providence St. Joseph Care Center (three stars) — 17 E. 8th Ave., Spokane
Seattle Medical Post Acute Care (three stars) — 555 16th Ave, Seattle
Shuksan Healthcare Center (two stars) — 1530 James Street, Bellingham
Spokane Veterans Home (three stars) — 222 E. Fifth, Spokane
The Gardens on University (two stars) — 414 S. University Road, Spokane
Washington Odd Fellows Home (two stars) — 534 Boyer Ave., Walla Walla
Best-rated nursing homes
Avalon Care Center - Othello — 495 N. 13th St., Othello
Bailey-Boushay House — 2720 E. Madison, Seattle
Bainbridge Island Health & Rehab Center — 835 Madison Ave. N, Bainbridge Island
Beacon Hill Rehabilitation — 128 Beacon Hill Drive, Longview
Bethany at Pacific — 916 Pacific Ave. 3rd-5th Floors, Everett
Booker Rest Home — 1012 S. 3rd St., Dayton
Bothell Health Care — 707 228th SW, Bothell
Briarwood at Timber Ridge — 100 Timber Ridge Way NW, Issaquah
Brookfield Health and Rehab of Cascadia — 510 N. Parkway, Battle Ground
Buena Vista Healthcare — 151 Buena Vista Drive, Colville
Columbia Basin Hospital — 200 Nat Washington Way, Ephrata
Corwin Center at Emerald Heights — 10901 176th Circle NE., Redmond
Cottesmore of Life Care — 2909 14th Ave. NW, Gig Harbor
Discovery Nursing & Rehab of Vancouver — 5220 NE Hazel Dell Ave., Vancouver
Eliseo — 1301 N. Highlands Parkway, Tacoma
Forks Community Hospital — 540 Bogachiel Way, Forks
Good Samaritan Health Care Center — 702 N. 16th Ave., Yakima
Issaquah Nursing and Rehabilitation Center — 805 Front St., Issaquah
Kin on Health Care Center — 4416 S. Brandon St., Seattle
Life Care Center of Kennewick — 1508 W. Seventh Ave., Kennewick
Life Care Center of South Hill — 2508 Seventh St. Southeast, Puyallup
Mission Healthcare at Renton — 17420 106th Place, SE, Renton
MT Baker Care Center — 2905 Connelly Ave., Bellingham
North Valley Hospital — 22 W. First St., Tonasket
Northwoods Lodge — 2321 Schold Place NW, Silverdale
Panoramo City Convalescent & Rehabilitation Center — 1600 Sleater Kinney Road SE, Lacey
Park Manor Rehabilitation Center — 1710 Plaza Way, Walla Walla
Park Shore — 1630 43rd Ave. E., Seattle
Park West Care Center — 1703 California Ave. SW., Seattle
Promedica Skilled Nursing and Rehab (Salmon Creek) — 2811 NE 139th St., Vancouver
Puget Sound Healthcare Center — 4001 Capitol Mall Drive SW., Olympia
Queen Anne Healthcare — 2717 Dexter Ave. N., Seattle
Rainier Rehabilitation — 920 12th Ave. SE., Puyallup
Regency Canyon Lakes Rehab and Nursing Center — 2702 S. Ely St., Kennewick
Regency Care Center at Monroe — 1355 W. Main St., Monroe
Regency Harmony House Rehab & Nursing — 100 River Plaza, Brewster
Regency Omak — 901 Shumway Road, Omak
Rockwood South Hill — E. 2903 25th Ave., Spokane
Royal Park Health and Rehabilitation — 7411 N. Nevada, Spokane
The Springs at Pacific Regent — 919 109th Ave. NE., Bellevue
Sunshine Health & Rehab — 10410 E. Ninth Ave., Spokane
The Terraces at Skyline — 715 Ninth Ave., Seattle
Touchmark on South Hill Nursing — 2929 S. Waterford Drive, Spokane
Willapa Harbor Health and Rehab — 1100 Jackson St., Raymond
What is abuse, and how can you report it?
According to Medicare, abuse is “the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain or mental anguish. It includes verbal abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and mental abuse.”
Abuse and neglect can happen to anyone, especially elderly citizens who often need help throughout their day to live their best possible lives. If you feel that you or someone you know has been abused, you should reach out to your state survey agency.
Washington residents can call (800) 737-0617 or file a complaint online.
For assistance in choosing the best living options for you or a loved one, the Area Agencies on Aging assists adults over age 50 and their caregivers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provides information on insurance coverage, and the National Center for Assisted Living provides details on making the right decision for nursing and assisted-living communities.