Nursing Homes in Tacoma, WA: Staffing and Turnover Compared
Tacoma has 11 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes with 1,313 beds. The median home logs 2.57 nurse aide hours per resident per day (Washington average 2.66). 9 of 11 have at least one CMS fine in the last three years.
Every nursing home in Tacoma
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
| Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation | 123 | 2.30 | 3.90 | 50.0% | 1 | $170,372 |
| Avalon Healthcare - Tacoma | 81 | 2.61 | 4.42 | 47.1% | 2 | $24,814 |
| Avamere at Pacific Ridge | 102 | 3.46 | 5.16 | 36.0% | 2 | $57,783 |
| Avamere Transitional Care of Puget Sound | 60 | 2.57 | 5.17 | 34.3% | 4 | $23,319 |
| Birch Creek Post Acute & Rehabilitation | 124 | 2.14 | 3.74 | 51.7% | 1 | $30,240 |
| Eliseo | 187 | 2.72 | 4.33 | 43.2% | 3 | None |
| Heartwood Extended Healthcare | 120 | 2.39 | 3.96 | 42.6% | 1 | $382,661 |
| Orchard Park Health Care & Rehab Center abuse citation | 147 | 1.82 | 3.66 | 45.6% | 1 | $136,055 |
| Park Rose Care Center | 139 | 3.07 | 5.14 | 49.1% | 2 | $241,815 |
| Tacoma Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 150 | 2.80 | 4.89 | 45.9% | 5 | $36,446 |
| The Oaks at Lakewood | 80 | 2.45 | 4.08 | 28.6% | 5 | None |
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.
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release · Washington averages: aide hrs 2.66, turnover 45.1%
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