Local Home Health Agencies

Kindred at Home

4020 s 56th st, ste 101TacomaWA98409
3 Star CMS Rating
76%
Patient Recommended
3 Star Patient Rating

Services

Types of services offered to patients
Offers Nursing Care Services
Offers Home Health Aide Services
Offers Physical Therapy Services
Offers Occupational Therapy Services
Offers Speech Pathology Services
Offers Medical Social Services

Ratings

HHCAHPS Survey Result Star Ratings
3
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating
4
Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way
88
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them
4
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them
84
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them
2
Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety
78
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them
3
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency
81
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)
76
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family
366
Number of completed surveys
25
Response rate

Quality Measures

HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
97.9
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner
99.9
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs
100
How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling
93.8
How often the home health team checked patients for depression
86.1
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season
88.5
How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot)
95.7
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care
82.9
How often patients got better at walking or moving around
84.2
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed
89
How often patients got better at bathing
91.7
How often patients' breathing improved
95.2
How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation
82.7
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth
15.6
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital
14
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted
52.6
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely
0.14
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury

Patient Outcome Statistics

Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
2,854
Observed Number of Discharges to Community
3,639
Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure
78.43
Observed Discharge to Community Rate
86.31
Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
85.03
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
1
DTC Comparative Performance Category

Better Than National Rate

63
Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge
1,803
Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure
3.49
Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
3.3
Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2.68
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
4.07
Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2
PPR Comparative Performance Category

Same As National Rate

0.94
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally
4,464
Number of episodes of care used to calculate how much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally

Service Area

Areas Served by the Home Health Agency
Ashford, WA
98304
Auburn, WA
98092
Bonney Lake, WA
98391
Buckley, WA
98321
Carbonado, WA
98323
Dupont, WA
98327
Eatonville, WA
98328
Elbe, WA
98330
Fife, WA
98424
Fox Island, WA
98333
Gig Harbor, WA
98329, 98332, 98335
Graham, WA
98338
Lakebay, WA
98349
Lakewood, WA
98439, 98498, 98499
Longbranch, WA
98351
Milton, WA
98354
Mineral, WA
98355
Olalla, WA
98359
Orting, WA
98360
Port Orchard, WA
98367
Puyallup, WA
98371, 98372, 98373, 98374, 98375
Roy, WA
98580
South Prairie, WA
98385
Spanaway, WA
98387
Steilacoom, WA
98388
Sumner, WA
98390
Tacoma, WA
98402, 98403, 98404, 98405, 98406, 98407, 98408, 98409, 98418, 98422, 98443, 98444, 98445, 98446, 98465, 98466
University Place, WA
98467
Vaughn, WA
98394