Good Samaritan Society - Ambassador

Good Samaritan Society - Ambassador is located in the densely populated metropolitan area of Minneapolis, Minnesota which has a total of 1,022,298 people. It looks like this nursing home is one of the most impressive nursing homes we looked at. In fact, it was given our very best rating. You flat out can't do much better than this facility. This nursing home also received phenomenal scores in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.

To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. In computing our short-term care scores, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is generally a fair assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. This facility excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the average nursing home. This is generally an excellent sign. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. On top of excelling in the area of physical therapy hours, we found that it performed as well as just about any facility in the nation in this area with 66.8 percent of its patients returning home.

This facility also received a virtually flawless inspection. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that area with an A+. This was one of the few facilities to receive multiple A+'s. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. We were not able to locate deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility also received a top-shelf long-term care score. Indeed, this ended up being this nursing home's third strongest category score. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. After considering the impressive nursing care provided by this nursing home, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is much higher than most nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Moving on to the final category, this facility received a very strong nursing score. We gave it a grade of A in that category, resulting in this facility receiving straight A's. The nursing rating weighs several subcategories, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This particular facility provided 4.5 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This was one of the higher totals we found. In addition, a significant percentage of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. On top of offering impressive levels of care, this facility also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering falls resulting in serious injury, this nursing home performed as well as any nursing home the nation. Avoiding major falls is typically an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses and better safety protocols are employed.