Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Queen Anne Healthcare
2717 Dexter Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109 · Map
For profit - Partnership · Part of Avamere (33 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Queen Anne Healthcare is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Seattle, Washington. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.70 hours per resident per day, above the Washington average of 4.39. Its most recent inspection on Feb 3, 2025 cited 9 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Queen Anne Healthcare 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) | 4.70 | 4.39 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.12 | 0.88 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.85 | 2.69 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 27.4% | 46.7% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 9.0 | 17.1 | 9.5 | below 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.
What inspectors found at Queen Anne Healthcare
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
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 22, 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 · Feb 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 3, 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 · Feb 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Notify the appropriate authorities when residents with MD or ID services has a significant change in condition.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · May 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Oct 20, 2023
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
- 2717 Dexter Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109 - CMS certification #
- 505204
- Ownership
- For profit - Partnership
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 92.7
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1976-03-01
- Chain
- Avamere (33 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Avamere
Avamere operates 33 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Avamere facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Queen Anne Healthcare using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2003
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2020, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Apr 4, 2003 to Apr 21, 2005. Violations found: Child labor. Employer as DOL recorded it: Queen Anne Healthcare (Kindred Nursing Centers West, L.L.C.). Case 1395913.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
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 17, 2020: accident investigation inspection, partial (health). Case closed Oct 15, 2020. 3 violations cited (2 serious, 1 other). Penalties: $5,000 proposed, $5,000 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wa317959865 - Seattle Operations LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Cited rule 296-842-16005(5). Penalty $2,500 proposed, $2,500 now. To be fixed by Sep 15, 2020.
- Serious: Cited rule 296-842-15005(1)(A). Penalty $2,500 proposed, $2,500 now. To be fixed by Jun 17, 2020.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 296-842-14005. Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 17, 2020.
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
- Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital, Seattle. 2.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Columbia Lutheran Home, Seattle. 1.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Kaiser Permanente Home Health And Hospice, Seattle. 2.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 98109 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Olympic View Dialysis Center, Seattle, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Nkc Yesler Terrace Kidney Center, Seattle, 3.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Seattle Childrens Hospital Dialysis, Seattle, 3.4 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 11 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 98109.
Kaiser Permanente Washington Hospice, office in Seattle, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Kline Galland Hospice Services, office in Seattle, 6.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Evergreen Health Hospice Care, office in Kirkland, 9.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- The Association Of University Physicians, Seattle. 2.0 miles away, straight line. 4 geriatric medicine doctors 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 relatively moderate, 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Public Health - Seattle & King County kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Queen Anne Healthcare a good nursing home?
CMS gives Queen Anne Healthcare an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Queen Anne Healthcare staffed?
Queen Anne Healthcare reports 4.70 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Washington average of 4.39.
Has Queen Anne Healthcare had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.
How many beds does Queen Anne Healthcare have?
Queen Anne Healthcare is certified for 120 beds.