Nursing home
Port Washington Post Acute
140 South Marion Avenue, Bremerton, WA 98312 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Kalesta Healthcare Group (13 facilities) · 98 certified beds
Port Washington Post Acute is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Bremerton, Washington. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.71 hours per resident per day, below the Washington average of 4.39. Its most recent inspection on Jul 29, 2025 cited 43 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $35,178In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Port Washington Post Acute compares
This facility vs. the Washington and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Washington avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.71 | 4.39 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.30 | 0.88 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.50 | 2.69 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 47.4% | 46.7% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 43.0 | 17.1 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $35,178, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Port Washington Post Acute
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 8, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Nov 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Sep 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Environmental Deficiencies · Jul 29, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
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.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 29, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 140 South Marion Avenue
Bremerton, WA 98312 - CMS certification #
- 505240
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 98
- Avg residents/day
- 76.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1976-05-14
- Chain
- Kalesta Healthcare Group (13 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Kalesta Healthcare Group
Kalesta Healthcare Group operates 13 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Kalesta Healthcare Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Port Washington Post Acute using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice, diabetes care, transportation
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2020, 6 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Port Washington Post Acute says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Hospice/Respite/GIP Services
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24-hour RNs and CNAs
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice/Respite/GIP Services
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers diabetes care.
Diabetic Management
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Transportation services
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
Three meals per day served in main dining or rehabilitative dining areas
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Smoke-free.
For the safety and welfare of all residents and staff, we are a non-smoking facility.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Jun 14, 2024: referral inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Jun 14, 2024. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wa317980728 - Forest Ridge Health Bremerton LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
- Dec 31, 2020: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jul 8, 2021. 6 violations cited (4 serious, 2 other). Penalties: $18,600 proposed, $7,200 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wa317962252 - Forest Ridge Health Bremerton LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Cited rule 296-800-11005. Penalty $4,200 proposed, $2,100 now. To be fixed by Mar 15, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 296-842-13005. Penalty $4,200 proposed, $2,100 now. To be fixed by Mar 15, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 296-842-12005(1). Penalty $1,800 proposed, $900 now. To be fixed by Dec 31, 2020. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 296-842-14005. Penalty $4,200 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Dec 31, 2020. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 296-842-15005(1)(A). Penalty $4,200 proposed, $2,100 now. To be fixed by Mar 15, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 296-800-13020(2). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 30, 2021. Contested by the employer.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- St Anthony Hospital, Gig Harbor. 13.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Belmont Terrace, Bremerton. 1.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Harrison Home Health, Bremerton. 2.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 98312 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Puget Sound Kidney Center-Bremerton, Bremerton, 2.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Puget Sound Kidney Center-Port Orchard, Port Orchard, 3.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Puget Sound Kidney Center-Poulsbo, Poulsbo, 12.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 98312.
Shalom Hospice Of Puget Sound LLC, office in Poulsbo, 12.1 miles away, straight line
Kaiser Permanente Washington Hospice, office in Seattle, 16.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Franciscan Hospice, office in University Place, 23.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Franciscan Medical Group, Port Orchard. 2.8 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding very low, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively high. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Port Washington Post Acute a good nursing home?
CMS gives Port Washington Post Acute an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Port Washington Post Acute staffed?
Port Washington Post Acute reports 3.71 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Washington average of 4.39.
Has Port Washington Post Acute had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 43 deficiencies.
How many beds does Port Washington Post Acute have?
Port Washington Post Acute is certified for 98 beds.