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Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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2035 West Chester Avenue,
Ottumwa IA 52501

(641) 682-8041

74.72% estimated occupancy 1

Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa is one of only three available nursing homes located in Ottumwa, Iowa. Featuring an overall grade of B, this looks like a fine nursing home. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Ottumwa. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its short-term care rating, which you can find in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Oncology Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Lymphedema Care
  • Aquatic Therapy

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

On top of earning a strong overall score, this facility fared well in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it an impressive grade of A- for that category. With our short-term care score, we strive to create a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

We also wanted to emphasize this nursing home's nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. This particular nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our nursing rating includes a host of datapoints. The most heavily weighted one is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving a resident even once per day.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This facility's least impressive area was long-term care, which is the last category we looked at. In this area, we gave this nursing home a grade of just D. For residents in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 99.4723 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa, 4.83% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa, 7.39% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who had falls which caused serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa, 4.57% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa, 10.57% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa, 15.36% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa, 0.27% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients showing signs of depression. Some experts believe that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa, 99.49% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa, 22.46% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa, 20.9% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa, 20.9% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa, 7.35% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa, 74.72% of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Davis County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.09 miles away509 North Madison Street Bloomfield Iowa 52537Government - Local(641) 664-2145
  • Monroe County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.84 miles away6580 165th Street Albia Iowa 52531Voluntary non-profit - Other(641) 932-2134

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc - Ottumwa1.1 miles away1110 Quincy Ave. # 44 Ottumwa Iowa 52501Dialysis Stations: 16 (641) 682-7137
  • Ottumwa Dialysis3.91 miles away1005 Pennsylvania Ave #101 Ottumwa Iowa 52501Dialysis Stations: 12 (641) 682-1531