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Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake's website

105 Glenhaven Drive,
Battle Lake MN 56515

(218) 292-7341

84.9% estimated occupancy 1

Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake is a small non-profit facility in Battle Lake, Minnesota. This turns out to be a grade A facility, which is a high-end rating. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top ten percentile of all facilities in the nation. Scroll down to see this nursing home's category ratings, which are equally impressive. You just can't do any better than a straight A profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection grades are tied to pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was assessed 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This nursing home also performed well in the area of long-term care, where it received a score of A. Only a select group of facilities fared better in this area. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. We analyzed the skill-level of nurses working for the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours those nurses worked with residents, in determining our rating in this category. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning a patient more frequently.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the final category we graded, this facility received a very strong grade of A- in our short-term care category. With this score, the nursing home finished off a straight A profile. Short-term care ratings are vital for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake, 3.85% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake, 3.23% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a fall which caused severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake, 1.29% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake, 15.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake, 9.59% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake, 4.67% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake, 100% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake, 22.7% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake, 19.12% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility. Many argue that mobility is important for residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake, 19.12% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake, 86.16% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Lake Region Healthcare CorporationAcute Care Hospitals 16.97 miles away712 South Cascade Fergus Falls Minnesota 56537Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 736-8000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc Dialysis - Fergus Falls17.06 miles away907 S Mill St Fergus Falls Minnesota 56537Dialysis Stations: 12 (218) 739-6208