Arlington Good Samaritan Cente is a small non-profit nursing home in Arlington, Ohio. Featuring an overall score of B+, this is a very good nursing home. You can certainly do much worse than this place. Fortunately, this nursing home did not have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
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Arlington Good Samaritan Cente
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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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 emphasize that this facility earned near flawless health inspections recently. We awarded them an A+ in this area. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also above average in the area of short-term care, where it was given a grade of B+. It performed more favorably than most nursing homes in this area. In forming these short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to devise a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. We analyzed the levels of nurses at the facility, as well as the number of hours the nurses worked with residents, in computing our grade in this category. 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 nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at is long-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a grade of C. Although this wound up being its weakest category score, this is still nothing to be ashamed of. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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, 7.3% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term residents that have suffered falls which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 1.34% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients which experienced UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 12.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used to treat a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 21.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 21.39% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression may indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 88.91% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 12.66% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 1.43 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 12.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 12.98 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Arlington Good Samaritan Cente, 75.85% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.
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