Fircrest Nursing Facility: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Fircrest Nursing Facility is a 110-bed government-run nursing home in Seattle, Washington. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 7.38 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 177% above the Washington average of 2.66, and 50.5% nursing staff turnover (Washington average 45.1%).
Fircrest Nursing Facility
15230-15th NortheastSeattle, WA 98155
King County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Fircrest Nursing Facility, nurse aides logged 7.38 hours per resident per day, 177% above the Washington average. With about 86 residents a day, that works out to roughly 635 aide hours a day, or about 79 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 5% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Washington avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 7.38 | 2.66 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.30 | 0.77 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.64 | 0.94 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 9.32 | 4.37 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 8.82 | 3.81 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
50.5% of nursing staff at Fircrest Nursing Facility left over the year CMS measured, against a Washington average of 45.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 53.3%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 7, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 health deficiencies (Washington average 16.1). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Fircrest Nursing Facility holds 5 of 5 overall; the Washington average is 3.2.
About Fircrest Nursing Facility
- Ownership: Government - State
- Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 13, 1994
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Fircrest Nursing Facility
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Shoreline Health and Rehabilitation Seattle | 2.1 | 114 | 2.32 | 3.96 | 35.1% | 5 | None |
| Avamere Rehabilitation of Shoreline Seattle | 2.2 | 115 | 2.90 | 4.47 | 42.6% | 2 | None |
| Bridges To Home Shoreline | 2.3 | 12 | — | — | — | 2 | $8,278 |
| Bothell Health Care Bothell | 3.0 | 99 | 2.83 | 4.79 | 38.7% | 2 | $59,114 |
| Edmonds Post Acute Edmonds | 3.4 | 128 | 2.17 | 3.79 | 56.4% | 1 | None |
| Cascades of St Anne Seattle | 3.8 | 47 | 2.62 | 4.20 | 66.7% | 2 | None |
| Pine Ridge Post Acute Edmonds | 3.9 | 80 | 2.40 | 4.16 | 19.2% | 4 | $16,445 |
| Richmond Beach Rehab Shoreline | 4.2 | 131 | 2.49 | 4.05 | 31.0% | 4 | $44,753 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.