Golden Good Shepherd Home

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Golden Good Shepherd Home's website

101 Prairie Mills Road,
Golden IL 62339

(217) 696-4421

66.08% 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 first-rate nursing home. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top ten percent of all facilities in the nation. Headlining this facility's stellar profile is its inspection score, which you can find in the next paragraph.

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

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

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

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 100 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 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Nurse Quality

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

The last category we analyzed ended up being this nursing home's worst category. Nevertheless, even its lowest point would be a highlight for most facilities. We gave it a favorable grade of B for our short-term care category. With our short-term care category, we endeavor to craft a fair gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze the facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Golden Good Shepherd Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 8.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that had falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic may also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 18.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric indicates the percent of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 19.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term residents who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 30.45% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 87.4% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 13.9% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate erosion of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 17.56% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 17.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 11.82 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Golden Good Shepherd Home, 71.65% Percentage of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.