Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential
601 N Boeke Rd, Evansville IN 47711 · (812) 476-4912 · 74.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential is one of 17 options in Evansville, Indiana. We gave this nursing home a C overall, which isn't a bad grade. This is comparable with the city grade in Evansville, which is a B-. Based on our ratings, this nursing home likely wouldn't be a bad choice. One of the highlights of this facility's report card is its strong inspection reports, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 212 Beds
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Non profit - Church related
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
This nursing home's overall grade was bolstered by the fact that it has earned favorable inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that category, with a B+. This is a much better grade than the nursing home's overall score. Inspection ratings are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of B. When determining our nursing scores, we look at both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is better than what is offered by most facilities. Finally, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality measures we assessed. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home in the country in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, we also wanted to point out that this nursing home received favorable short-term care marks in this assessment. We gave them one of our better scores in that category, with a B. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. It outperformed the majority of facilities in the nation with 52.7 percent of its residents returning home. This is a higher rate than most facilities.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we assessed is long-term care, is this facility's weakest category. We gave this facility a grade of D in this area. Nursing homes that don't fare well in long-term care often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in some of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. Although we determined this nursing home has an impressive volume of nursing hours provided by nurses aids and other nursing staff, we found its vaccination rate to be somewhat below average. This facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 77.35538 percent of its residents. This is a statistic we'd really like to see this facility improve. Surprisingly, this place was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Home Health Center and Residential Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who have suffered a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better