Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential is in Evansville, Indiana. The city provides a host of nursing home options. Sporting an overall score of C, this is a decent facility. Based on all of the relevant data, there are definitely far worse nursing homes out there. The best part of this facility's report card was is its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This facility's overall grade was bolstered by the fact that it has received favorable government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our better scores in this area, with a B+. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall grade. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an B. Our nursing score looks at the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next most favorable area we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a C. Short-term care grades are vital for prospective residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a wide scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.1 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.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at is long-term care, proved to be this facility's weakest category. We awarded this nursing home a D in that category. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 96.59574 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential, 7.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential, 3.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents which have experienced a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential, 1.87% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential, 13.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential, 21.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential, 12.89% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential, 91.48% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential, 15.74% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the erosion of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential, 15.7% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential, 15.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential, 11.29 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential, 73.78% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Evansville, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Evansville, Indiana has 16 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- St Vincent EvansvilleAcute Care Hospitals 1.66 miles away3700 Washington Ave Evansville Indiana 47750Voluntary non-profit - Private(812) 485-4000
- Deaconess Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 2.75 miles away600 Mary St Evansville Indiana 47747Voluntary non-profit - Private(812) 450-5000
- Women's Hospital TheAcute Care Hospitals 3.92 miles away4199 Gateway Blvd Newburgh Indiana 47630Proprietary(812) 842-4200
- Methodist HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.61 miles away1305 N Elm St Henderson Kentucky 42420Voluntary non-profit - Church(270) 827-7700
- St Vincent WarrickCritical Access Hospitals 14.57 miles away1116 Millis Ave Boonville Indiana 47601Voluntary non-profit - Private(812) 897-4800
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - East Evansville Dialysis2.13 miles away1312 Professional Boulevard Suite 100 Evansville Indiana 47714CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (812) 491-6300
- Lofield Dialysis LLC2.4 miles away800 N. Main St. Evansville Indiana 47711Dialysis Stations: 13 (812) 423-5368
- Fmc - Ohio Valley Dialysis Center2.49 miles away230 Bellemeade Avenue Evansville Indiana 47713Dialysis Stations: 18 (812) 425-4111
- Davita - North Evansville Dialysis3.81 miles away1151 West Buena Vista Road Evansville Indiana 47710CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (812) 401-0140
- Lofield Dialysis, LLC6.56 miles away5301 Pearl Drive Evansville Indiana 47712Dialysis Stations: 13 (812) 467-0161
- Davita - Newburgh Dialysis6.98 miles away4311 Hwy 261, Suite A Newburgh Indiana 47630CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (812) 853-2010
- Davita - Gardenside Dialysis11.33 miles away70 N Gardenmile Road Henderson Kentucky 42420CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (270) 830-0050
- Bridgeview Dialysis15.8 miles away2480 Us Highway 41 N Suite J Henderson Kentucky 42420Dialysis Stations: 12 (270) 830-8061