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Good Shepherd Home Raker Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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601 St John Street,
Allentown PA 18103

(610) 776-3199

101.08% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Good Shepherd Home Raker Center is one of nine nursing homes in the area. This is a quality facility with a grade of B+ overall. We were pleased to learn that many of the other nursing homes in Allentown received similar grades. You could definitely do much worse than this nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's impressive report card was its inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home earned near flawless government inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. Arguably the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it was awarded a grade of B+. It outpaced most facilities in this area. Short-term care scores are meaningful for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. When calculating a facility's nursing grade, we consider the quantity of hours nurses commit to residents as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving a patient more often.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The last area we analyzed was long-term care. We gave this facility an acceptable score in that area, with a B-. Even though this wasn't as favorable as a few of its other scores, it is still not a bad grade. In the category of long-term care, we look at the quantity of care provided by a facility, rather than more medically-intensive services. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 82.10526 percent of its residents. This is many points lower than the national average. Nevertheless, this place keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Good Shepherd Home Raker Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Good Shepherd Home Raker Center, 14.25% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-plus

In Good Shepherd Home Raker Center, 0.26% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure measures the percent of long-term stay patients which had falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Good Shepherd Home Raker Center, 1.85% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic may also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Good Shepherd Home Raker Center, 22.52% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for treating a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Good Shepherd Home Raker Center, 26.91% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This measures the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Good Shepherd Home Raker Center, 3.37% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may reveal lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Good Shepherd Home Raker Center, 91.05% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Good Shepherd Home Raker Center, 13.4% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Good Shepherd Home Raker Center, 3.68% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Good Shepherd Home Raker Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Good Shepherd Home Raker Center, 3.68% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Scores for Allentown, PA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus

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Nearby Hospitals

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Nearby Dialysis

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  • Etowah Dialysis, LLC3.41 miles away1220 3rd Street Whitehall Pennsylvania 18052Dialysis Stations: 13 (610) 266-1706
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  • Davita - St. Luke's Bethlehem4.58 miles away1425 8th Avenue Bethlehem Pennsylvania 18018CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (484) 403-4304