Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is in New Orleans, Louisiana. This city is among the most densely populated cities in the country with has a population of 382,333 people. This is a middle of the pack facility, with an overall grade of B-. If you take a look at the other options in New Orleans, we hope you will find this place to be a more appealing option than most of the nursing homes in the city. This city simply does not have a great selection of nursing homes. The best part of this place's report card was is its inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
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Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
We want to point out that this facility really outperformed its overall score in the category of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that area with an A-. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate deficiency data for this facility. Without having complete deficiency data for this nursing home, it ended up being challenging to assess it in the area of inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home was awarded its next highest category grade in the category of long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a B- in this category, which is a respectable grade. Long-term care grades are based on the facility's volume of nursing services. This means a vast scope of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine medical services. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinated 98.87324 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a respectable grade in the category of short-term care, where it received a B-. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for individuals in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing. This means a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. It does not look like this nursing home submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of patients that returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The final category we analyzed is nursing. We awarded this facility a grade of B- in this area. In computing our nursing grades, we weigh both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, our nursing ratings also consider some quality-focused metrics. We especially like to look at the percentage of patients who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 14.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 5.35% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who had a fall resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 6.27% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 13.25% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 9.44% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are showing signs of depression. High rates of depression may be a sign a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 97.08% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 12.7% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 2.66% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is important for residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 2.66% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 11.94% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 63.56% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some believe that this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Scores for New Orleans, LA
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? New Orleans, Louisiana has 13 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- University Medical Center New OrleansAcute Care Hospitals 2.54 miles away2000 Canal Street New Orleans Louisiana 70112Voluntary non-profit - Private(504) 903-3000
- Tulane Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.96 miles away1415 Tulane Ave New Orleans Louisiana 70112Voluntary non-profit - Private(504) 988-5263
- Ochsner Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.55 miles away1516 Jefferson Hwy New Orleans Louisiana 70121Voluntary non-profit - Private(504) 842-3000
- Touro InfirmaryAcute Care Hospitals 5.05 miles away1401 Foucher Street New Orleans Louisiana 70115Voluntary non-profit - Private(504) 897-8247
- East Jefferson General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.08 miles away4200 Houma Blvd Metairie Louisiana 70006Government - Hospital District or Authority(504) 454-4000
- Childrens HospitalChildrens 6.21 miles away200 Henry Clay Ave New Orleans Louisiana 70118Voluntary non-profit - Private(504) 899-9511
- St Bernard Parish HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.26 miles away8000 West Judge Perez Drive Chalmette Louisiana 70043Government - Hospital District or Authority(504) 826-9500
- New Orleans East HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.05 miles away5620 Read Blvd New Orleans Louisiana 70127Government - Hospital District or Authority(504) 592-6600
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Gentilly Dialysis0.73 miles away4720 Paris Ave New Orleans Louisiana 70122Dialysis Stations: 21 (504) 283-9098
- Dci - New Orleans East1.17 miles away2077 Caton Street Suite A New Orleans Louisiana 70128Dialysis Stations: 21 (504) 242-3770
- Davita - Crescent City1.84 miles away3909 Bienville Rd Ste 1b New Orleans Louisiana 70119CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (504) 483-7117
- Bienville Dialysis Ctr North1.94 miles away3333 Bienville Ste 1b-C New Orleans Louisiana 70119Dialysis Stations: 12 (504) 822-6336
- Fkc - Gentilly2.06 miles away6101 Elysian Fields Ave New Orleans Louisiana 70122Dialysis Stations: 1 (504) 228-4380
- Davita - Marigny Dialysis2.62 miles away2345 Saint Claude Ave New Orleans Louisiana 70117CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (504) 947-4197
- Dci - Tulane-New Orleans2.68 miles away1661 Canal Street Suite 1001 New Orleans Louisiana 70112CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (504) 581-4957
- Fkc - New Orleans Downtown2.86 miles away2235 Poydras St New Orleans Louisiana 70119Dialysis Stations: 13 (504) 821-2220