Success Stories & News

Washington nursing homes are improving the quality of life for residents and staff everyday. Through the Advancing Excellence campaign, we will spotlight some of these success stories. Check back frequently to learn more about the advances being made!

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If you know of a nursing home with a success story to tell, please let our media contact know! We would be honored to include a summary here or help promote the story in the media.

Pain Management

Columbia Lutheran Home, Seattle
Learn how Columbia Lutheran Home achieved a complete culture change regarding how they view pain—and drastically reduced their chronic pain measure along the way.

Pressure Ulcers

Regency at Puyallup Rehabilitation Center
Learn how Regency at Puyallup Rehabilitation Center significantly reduced their high-risk pressure ulcer rates.

Culture Change

Liberty Country Place, Centralia
Pinewood Terrace Nursing Center, Colville
Review a brief summary of how these two organizations set up a more home-like environment.

Staffing

Hillcrest Manor, Sunnyside
Learn how making the switch to consistent assignment decreased staff turnover, reduced staff absenteeism, increased resident & family satisfaction, and improved clinical outcomes at Hillcrest Manor.

Read the 9/30/06 article outlining how NAC turnover costs nursing homes $2.5 billion each year.

Learn more about both the direct and indirect costs of replacing NACs in The Cost of Frontline Turnover in Long-Term Care, which was published in 2004 by Better Jobs Better Care.