AURORA VALLEY CARE — Nursing Home in SPOKANE, WA

CMS Five-Star Rating

Based on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures

Health Inspection Findings & Deficiencies

AURORA VALLEY CARE had 31 health inspection deficiencies on its most recent inspection (September 15, 2025).

Inspection Findings — September 15, 2025

• Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (Level D)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. (Level E)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands. (Level E)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies. (Level E)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. (Level E)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities (Level D)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Level E)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Provide appropriate foot care. (Level D)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• 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. (Level E)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (Level D)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. (Level D)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. (Level D)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Level D)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Level D)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. (Level D)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (Level D)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (Level E)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• 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. (Level D)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. (Level D)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Level D)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility. (Level D)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Have an agreement with at least one or more hospitals certified by Medicare or Medicaid to make sure residents can be moved quickly to the hospital when they need medical care. (Level F)
  Corrected — December 1, 2025
• Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. (Level D)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly (Level E)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members. (Level E)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program. (Level E)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• 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. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (Level E)
  Corrected — October 15, 2025

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Nearby Nursing Homes

• SUNSHINE HEALTH & REHAB — 5/5 — 0.6 mi
• SULLIVAN PARK CARE CENTER — 1/5 — 2.3 mi
• ALDERWOOD MANOR — 3/5 — 4.7 mi
• SPOKANE VALLEY HEALTH AND REHABILITATION OF CASCAD — 1/5 — 5.2 mi
• TOUCHMARK ON SOUTH HILL NURSING — 3/5 — 5.9 mi
• SPOKANE VETERANS HOME — 5/5 — 7.0 mi

Data Source

This information is sourced from official CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) public datasets.

CMS Provider Information updated May 1, 2026.

CMS Survey Summary updated May 1, 2026.

CMS Health Deficiencies updated May 1, 2026.

CareQED last updated June 22, 2026.

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