Arlington Good Samaritan Cente is a small non-profit nursing home in Arlington, Ohio. Featuring an overall score of A-, this is undoubtedly a very good nursing home. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all facilities in the nation. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which you can find in the next section.
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Arlington Good Samaritan Cente
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
We also wanted to point out the fact that this nursing home earned near flawless inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an A. The nursing rating consists of several factors, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to an additional strength for this facility, we awarded them one of our more favorable grades in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B+. Short-term care grades are generally employed to judge a nursing home's rehabilitation services To have highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed proved to be this nursing home's weakest category. Nevertheless, even in its weakest link we still gave it a decent grade of B- for long-term care. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinated 99.21875 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This place also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Arlington Good Samaritan Cente Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 0.97% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 3.91% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents which suffered a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 5.17% of Patients had UTIs
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents which experienced a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 8.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 23.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 0.83% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents exhibiting signs of depression. Higher rates of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 89.75% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 10.81% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 18.22% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 0.55 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 18.22% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 4.46% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 81.17% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Blanchard Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.74 miles away1900 South Main Street Findlay Ohio 45840Voluntary non-profit - Other(419) 423-4500
- Bluffton HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 12.37 miles away139 Garau Street Bluffton Ohio 45817Voluntary non-profit - Private(419) 358-9010
- Hardin Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.36 miles away921 East Franklin Street Kenton Ohio 43326Voluntary non-profit - Private(419) 673-0761
Nearby Dialysis
- Blanchard Valley Dialysis Services, LLC8.99 miles away1717 Medical Blvd # C Findlay Ohio 45840CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (419) 420-1633
- Fmc Creighton Dialysis LLC10.63 miles away1000 E Main Cross St Ste 102 Findlay Ohio 45840CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (419) 425-8515
- Davita - Kenton16.95 miles away1207 E Columbus Street Kenton Ohio 43326Dialysis Stations: 10 (419) 675-4075
- Total Renal Care, Inc.19.98 miles away111 Tarhe Trail Upper Sandusky Ohio 43351Dialysis Stations: 8 (419) 209-0799