• CMS rates this facility 3/5 stars (average)
• Has 116 certified beds with an average of 74.8 residents per day (64% occupancy)
• Last health inspection found 13 deficiencies (inspected Mar 20, 2025)
• No fines on record
• Total nursing staff: 0.00 hours per resident per day
• Staff turnover rate: 43.3%
Columbia Lutheran Home is a 3-star Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in Seattle, Washington with 116 certified beds. It has been operating since 1992. The facility scored at average compared to Washington facilities.
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
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 safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
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.
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.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
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.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
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 safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
+ 15 more deficiencies
No penalties on record.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEYER, DAVID | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Aug 31, 2015 |
| ALABACH, CAROLINE | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | Sep 26, 2013 |
| MAHLER, KEITH | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | Jan 30, 2020 |
| MCGINNESS, CHARLOTTE | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | Jan 28, 2016 |
| RAMSEY, DEBORAH | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | Mar 31, 2016 |
| SEARS, CINDY | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | Jan 28, 2016 |
| SMITH, JANET | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | Dec 2, 2021 |
| HEYER, DAVID | CORPORATE OFFICER | Individual | N/A | Aug 31, 2015 |