• CMS rates this facility 1/5 stars (below average)
• Has 102 certified beds with an average of 63.1 residents per day (62% occupancy)
• Last health inspection found 29 deficiencies (inspected Mar 27, 2025)
• Has been fined a total of $57,783 across 3 fine(s)
• Total nursing staff: 5.93 hours per resident per day
• Staff turnover rate: 45.3%
• Part of the Avamere chain (33 facilities)
Avamere at Pacific Ridge is a 1-star Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in Tacoma, Washington with 102 certified beds. It has been operating since 1982. The facility scored below average compared to Washington facilities.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
+ 48 more deficiencies
Staffing hours per resident per day. The black line shows the national average.
Quality measures as percentages of residents. Lower is better for all measures.
| Name | Role | Type | Ownership % | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVAMERE HEALTH SERVICES LLC | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Organization | N/A | Jan 1, 2005 |
| AVAMERE SKILLED ADVISORS LLC | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Organization | N/A | Jan 1, 2005 |
| MIDCAP FINCO LLC | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Organization | N/A | Jan 22, 2010 |
| BROOKS, ANTHONY | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Oct 16, 2024 |
| FANUNAL, LORIEL | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Jan 2, 2023 |
| FOWLER, KATHERINE | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Feb 28, 2025 |
| KOFSTAD, MARY | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Feb 13, 2024 |
| KRETCHMAR, JOSHUA | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Jul 1, 2023 |
| MCKINNEY, MARY | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Apr 27, 2023 |
| MUNRO, JOLYNN | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Sep 1, 2023 |
| POIRIER, STACY | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Jan 1, 2024 |
| POLSON, JUSTIN | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Feb 10, 2025 |
| POWELSON, MICHELE | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Mar 25, 2015 |
| PRESLEY, YOLANDA | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Jan 6, 2025 |
| REID, MISTY | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Jan 2, 2025 |
| SIMPSON, ANDREW | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Jun 1, 2024 |
| STRIDER, SHELBY | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Apr 1, 2025 |
| MIDCAP FINCO LLC | 5% OR GREATER SECURITY INTEREST | Organization | N/A | Jan 22, 2010 |
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