Alaska Gardens Health and Rehab: Care Order Failures - WA
One of those citations, filed under a category the government calls Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies, found that Alaska Gardens failed to provide appropriate treatment and care in line with physician orders and residents' own stated preferences and goals. As of the inspection date, the facility had submitted no plan of correction.
That last part matters. When a nursing home receives a deficiency citation, it is expected to document exactly how it intends to fix the problem, by when, and who is responsible for making sure it doesn't happen again. That process exists because citations without accountability tend to stay citations. Alaska Gardens, at least on paper, hasn't started that process.
The deficiency was rated at Scope and Severity Level D, the federal government's classification for a violation that is isolated in scope and caused no documented actual harm, but carried the potential for more than minimal harm. The distinction is not a small one. Potential for more than minimal harm is the threshold at which federal regulators determine a problem is serious enough to require a formal response. Below that line, a finding gets recorded but treated as minor. Above it, the expectation is correction.
What inspectors found placed Alaska Gardens above that line.
The specific findings behind the citation are not detailed in the summary report. What is documented is the regulatory category: care and treatment not provided according to orders, and not aligned with what residents said they wanted. In a nursing home setting, that gap, between what a physician prescribed, what a resident requested, and what staff actually delivered, can take many forms. A medication given at the wrong time. A repositioning schedule not followed. A therapy goal abandoned without the resident's knowledge. The inspection record does not specify which of these, or something else entirely, inspectors observed at Alaska Gardens in May.
What it does say is that this was not the only problem.
Twelve deficiencies in a single inspection is a significant number. A standard health survey of a nursing home typically examines dozens of care areas, from infection control and medication management to resident rights and staffing. Coming out of that process with 12 citations means inspectors found problems across multiple domains, not a single isolated lapse in one corner of the building.
Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation is a long-term care and rehabilitation facility in Tacoma. The inspection was a standard health survey, the routine federal review that every Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home in the country undergoes on a recurring cycle. These are not surprise investigations triggered by a complaint. They are the baseline check, the floor of oversight. Failing them, and then not filing a correction plan, is a particular kind of signal.
There is no indication in the inspection record that the facility disputed the finding. There is also no indication that it agreed with it in any actionable way. The correction status field reads: deficient, provider has no plan of correction.
For the residents living at Alaska Gardens, that status is not an abstraction. The deficiency that inspectors cited, care not delivered according to orders and preferences, describes something that happens to a person in a bed, in a room, on a specific day. It describes a gap between what someone was supposed to receive and what they actually got. The inspection found that gap existed. It found it had the potential to cause more than minimal harm.
The facility's response, so far, has been silence.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation from 2026-05-07 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Last verified: July 23, 2026 · Our methodology
Alaska Gardens Health and Rehabilitation in TACOMA, WA was cited for violations during a health inspection on May 7, 2026.
As of the inspection date, the facility had submitted no plan of correction.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.