Washington Care Center

Washington Care Center has an overall CMS Care Compare rating of 3 out of 5 stars. It scores 2 of 5 on health inspection, 4 of 5 on staffing, and 5 of 5 on quality measures. The overall rating averages these subscores with health inspection weighted more heavily.

It has $55,299 in federal fines across 2 penalties on record in the last 36 months. The full record for Washington Care Center appears in the record section above.

19.5 percent of long-stay residents at Washington Care Center are on antipsychotic medications, above the 14 percent national median (CMS measure 481). Sedative and sleep-medication use is near the national median at 14.3 percent. Medications can be appropriate, but they are also commonly used to manage dementia-related behaviors instead of staffing or non-medication approaches. Worth asking on a tour: what behaviors the medication targets and what non-medication options were tried first.

Washington Care Center has a Palmelle Clarity Score of 44 out of 100, putting it below the national median. The score is a composite of federal CMS and Washington state inspection data. Higher is better.

Washington Care Center is located at 2821 SOUTH WALDEN STREET, Seattle, WA 98144. Phone: (206) 725-2800. Tour hours: contact facility for current schedule. If you would like a Palmelle senior placement advisor to compare this facility with two others on your shortlist and call them on your behalf, use Help Me Choose.

Washington Care Center is not on the federal Special Focus Facility list, but it does have $55,299 in federal fines on record. See the penalties and status section above.

F-689 is a federal CMS deficiency code for inadequate supervision resulting in actual resident harm. If Washington Care Center has any active citations or CMS conflict flags, they appear with their details in the record section above, along with any operator response.

Washington Care Center holds a Palmelle Clarity Score of 44. Browse the full Seattle directory to compare more facilities by score, staffing, and inspection record.

Yes. Palmelle handles hospital discharge placement and emergency senior placement with a single Placement Specialist owning the case from intake to recommendation. Typical timeline: intake Monday, written recommendation Thursday, follow-up Friday. Call (888) 282-7256 to start, or use Help Me Choose for a comparison report on Washington Care Center and two other facilities on your shortlist.