Good Samaritan Society - Boise Village
3115 Sycamore Drive, Boise ID 83703 · (208) 343-7726 · 60.78% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Good Samaritan Society - Boise Village is a facility located in Boise, Idaho. This city has a total of 235,657 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of A, making it ranked among the top three facilities in Boise. You really can't do any better than this place. This nursing home also received consistently good scores in all of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 127 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. When determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we assess the quantity of hours nurses are seeing patients and the levels of training of those nurses. This nursing home provided 4.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This was one of the higher figures we found. In addition, a significant portion of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. Both of these statistics are impressive. On top of providing high levels of nursing care, this place also excelled in the quality measures we looked at. For example, it performed as well as any nursing home in the country when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as good measures of the caliber of nursing care being provided.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was strong in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a score of A. Few facilities performed better in this category. Nursing homes that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. On top of providing elite levels of nurse staffing, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 97.04918 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. This combination proved to be effective as this place also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.92 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home has received near flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our inspection scores weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final category we scored, this facility received a very strong grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this grade, the nursing home finished off a very impressive profile. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. One reason for this facility's strong score in this area is it provides more care from registered nurses than the typical nursing home. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 37.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society - Boise Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percent of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who suffered falls which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use 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 metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better