300 South 18th Street
Mount Vernon, WA 98274
(360) 424-1320
Data accessed April 29, 2022.
General Information
Mira Vista Care Center is a for-profit LLC owned by Pennant Healthcare. A Medicare and Medicaid participant, this facility has 94 certified beds and is not located within a hospital or Continuing Care Retirement Community.
Fines and Citations
As a result of the facility’s most recent health inspection on January 24, 2020, the facility received 35 citations for various failures, including to:
- Implement monitoring for its water risk management system.
- Ensure staff performed proper hand hygiene upon exiting an isolation room on contact precautions “for a spore infection.”
- Ensure that specific contact precautions were posted outside isolation rooms.
- Ensure staff followed professional standards when administering residents’ medication injections.
- Ensure residents’ catheter bags were kept off the floor.
- Ensure staff did not leave laundry in the facility’s washing machines overnight.
- Keep residents’ drug regimens free from unnecessary drugs, in an instance in which the nursing home did not re-evaluate a resident to determine whether the continued use of an antibiotic medication was necessary.
Fire and Safety Inspections
This facility has automatic sprinkler systems in all required areas. Its most recent fire and safety inspection was on January 8, 202-, and 9 fire safety citations were issued. The average number of safety citations in Washington is 5.8; in the U.S., 4.4.
Staffing
Number of Residents
The average number of residents per day at this facility is 69.4.
The Washington average is 62.9.
The national average is 76.5.
Number of Nurse Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day
The total number of licensed nurse staff hours per resident per day is 3 hours and 13 minutes.
The Washington average is 4 hours and 11 minutes.
The national average is 3 hours and 46 minutes.
Number of RN Hours Per Resident Per Day
The number of RN hours per resident per day is 41 minutes.
The Washington average is 56 minutes.
The national average is 41 minutes.
LPN/LVN Hours Per Resident Per Day
The number of LPN/LVN hours per resident per day is 48 minutes.
The Washington average is 47 minutes minutes.
The national average is 53 minutes.
Nurse Aide Hours Per Resident Per Day
The number of nurse aid hours per resident per day is 1 hour and 44 minutes.
The Washington average is 2 hours 28 minutes.
The national average is 2 hours 12 minutes.
Physical Therapist Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day
The number of Physical Therapist staff hours per resident per day is 3 minutes.
The Washington Average is 5 minutes.
The national average is 4 minutes.
Beds in the nursing home that have been approved by the federal government to participate in Medicare or Medicaid.
Shows if the nursing home participates in the Medicare, Medicaid, or both.
| Star Rating Summary | ||
| Overall Rating
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Average |
| Health Inspection
Medicare assigns the star rating based on a nursing home’s weighted score from recent health inspections. More stars means fewer health risks |
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Below Average |
| Staffing
Medicare assigns the star rating based on the nursing home’s staffing hours for Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practice Nurses (LPNs), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs), and Nurse aides. More stars means a better level of staffing per nursing home resident |
|
Below Average |
| RN Staffing | |
Average |
| Quality Measures
Medicare assigns the star rating based on data from a select set of clinical data measures. More stars means better quality of care |
 |
Much Above Average |
| Description | Mira Vista Care Center | Washington Average |
| Percentage of SNF residents with pressure ulcers that are new or worsened Lower percentages are better. |
0.8% | Not Available |
| Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine Higher percentages are better. |
93.7% | 78.9% |
| Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine Higher percentages are better. |
80.4% | 83.2% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who got antipsychotic medication for the first time Lower percentages are better. |
0.3% | 1.5% |
| Description | Mira Vista Care Center | Washington Average |
| Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury Lower percentages are better. |
1.7% | 3% |
| Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection Lower percentages are better. |
2.6% | 2.2% |
| Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers Lower percentages are better. |
4.9% | 7% |
| Percent of long-stay low-risk residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder Lower percentages are better. |
40.3% | 54.3% |
| Percent of long-stay residents who have or had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder Lower percentages are better. |
0.9% | 1.6% |
| Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained Lower percentages are better. |
0% | 0.6% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened Lower percentages are better. |
22.1% | 23.3% |
| Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased Lower percentages are better. |
11.1% | 13.8% |
| Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight Lower percentages are better. |
5.9% | 6.3% |
| Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms Lower percentages are better. |
1.3% | 13.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication Lower percentages are better. |
10.7% | 12.4% |
| Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine Higher percentages are better. |
78.9% | 95.3% |
| Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine Higher percentages are better. |
95.9% | 95% |
| Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication Lower percentages are better. |
12.5% | 13.9% |
| Description | Mira Vista Care Center | Washington Average |
| Resident vaccination Higher percentages are better. |
0% | 89.9% |
| Resident boosters Higher percentages are better. |
0% | 82% |
| Staff vaccination Higher percentages are better. |
95.1% | 92.2% |
| Staff boosters Higher percentages are better. |
58.4% | 46.4% |
Date of standard health inspection:1/24/2020
Total number of health citations:35
Average number of health deficiencies in Washington:20.3
Average number of health citations in the U.S.:8.1