Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice is one of just a few facilities located in Beatrice, Nebraska. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B+. A grade of this caliber requires solid marks in most areas. Based on our analysis, you can do much worse than this facility. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its short-term care score, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Adult Day Care
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
- Aquatic Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this facility excelled in the category of short-term care, where it received an impressive grade of A. Short-term care grades are generally used to assess a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To have highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
Adding to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also received an excellent nursing grade. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Our nursing score is primarily associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Facility Inspections
Moving on to another of this facility's strengths, it also earned a very impressive inspection rating. In that area, we gave this nursing home an impressive grade of B+. Inspection scores are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our fourth area, this nursing home was awarded a decent long-term care grade. While this wasn't quite as dominant as a few of its other scores, this is still not a poor grade. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 92.21311 percent of its patients. On a more positive note, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice, 5.27% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice, 4.96% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice, 3.66% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice, 18.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice, 19.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice, 4.32% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice, 93.19% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice, 14.85% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice, 18.85% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice, 1.37 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice, 18.85 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice, 9.35 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice, 77.76% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.
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