Overview
Avamere Transitional Care of Puget Sound has a Medicare overall rating of 5 out of 5, above the Washington average of 3.3. It ranks 3rd of 11 nursing homes in Tacoma. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (3 of 5).
Residents receive about 5.2 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 89% of nursing homes in Washington (the state average is 4.4 hours). Of that, 1.9 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on November 25, 2025, found 14 health deficiencies, fewer than the Washington average of 15.5. 3 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $23,319 in the past three years.
Avamere Transitional Care of Puget Sound is a for-profit facility with 60 certified beds, caring for about 55 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 2017.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 28%
Top 18%
Top 18%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- November 25, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 14
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 3
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $23,319
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 1
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff5.17 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)1.88 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.77 hrs
- Nurse aides2.53 hrs
- Physical therapists0.31 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 60
- Average residents per day
- 55
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- March 27, 2017
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes