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Golden Good Shepherd Home

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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101 Prairie Mills Road,
Golden IL 62339

(217) 696-4421

62.82% estimated occupancy 1

Golden Good Shepherd Home is a small non-profit nursing home in Golden, Illinois. With an overall rating of A-, this is without a doubt a very good nursing home. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top 25 percent of all facilities in the nation. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Dialysis Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Colostomy Care
  • Catheter Care

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

We also wanted to point out that this facility earned near flawless health inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. Inspection scores weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

This nursing home also was given an A+ for its long-term care grade. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 99.07407 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly is often a dangerous health condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. The nursing score assesses many datapoints, however, the most important consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The last category we analyzed ended up being this nursing home's worst category. Nevertheless, even in its worst category we still awarded it a respectable grade of C in our short-term care category. In our short-term care score, we seek to create a fair measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Golden Good Shepherd Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 3.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of long-term care patients which suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 11.11% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents who have had a fall which resulted in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 15.24% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that had a UTI. UTI's may be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 6.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 17.35% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 0% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may be an indicator a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 99.54% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 14.58% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 19.76% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 19.76% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.