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Good Samaritan Society - Alma

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  • Assisted Living
  • Adult Day Care
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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Good Samaritan Society - Alma's website

719 North Brown Street,
Alma NE 68920

(308) 300-9674

64.71% estimated occupancy 1

Good Samaritan Society - Alma is a small non-profit nursing home located in Alma, Nebraska. This facility was awarded an overall grade of B, which is favorable grade. Based on our ratings, this nursing home looks like a good fit for most people. Fortunately, this place didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about its category grades can be found below.

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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
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

To go along with its favorable overall performance, we gave this facility an A for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Nursing ratings are mostly based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next area we analyzed is long-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a B-. Our long-term care grade focuses on a nursing home's assistance with daily living instead of the highly skilled therapy or medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 74.01575 percent of its patients. This is quite a bit lower than average. Nevertheless, this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

Moving on to our final category, this facility was given a grade of C for short-term care, which is generally a respectable score. Our short-term care scores are presumably more critical for individuals in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that just 3.6 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 - Alma Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Alma, 8.91% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Alma, 2.36% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Good Samaritan Society - Alma, 7.44% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay residents who have had UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of poor nursing care. However, this statistic can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Good Samaritan Society - Alma, 24.37% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Good Samaritan Society - Alma, 26.36% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Alma, 0.87% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression may be a sign a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Good Samaritan Society - Alma, 82.21% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Alma, 11.82% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Good Samaritan Society - Alma, 23.19% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Alma, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Good Samaritan Society - Alma, 23.19% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Alma, 84.55% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.