Good Samaritan Society - Comforcare

On top of earning a strong overall grade, this nursing home performed well in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our best scores. Short-term care scores are critical for individuals requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional skilled nursing services. This means a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. We weren't able to find information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

This nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections. It received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. It received one of our best scores in that category with an A-. Few facilities with an overall grade in this range performed this well in multiple categories. Inspection ratings are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspections. Places that excel in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to patient health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing grade includes a host of datapoints. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This facility provided 0 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 typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The next category we scored is long-term care. We awarded it a C in this category. This is a perfectly acceptable grade in this area. In computing our long-term care grades, we scrutinize the personal care offered to the nursing home's residents. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 95.04132 percent of its patients, which is higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.