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Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village

Nursing Home
Independent Living

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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1 Park Avenue,
Brookings OR 97415

(541) 249-9348

46.77% estimated occupancy ¹

Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village is a nursing home located in Brookings, Oregon. The city has a population of 14,051 people. We awarded this facility an A overall grade, ranking it in the top ten percentile of all nursing homes in the country. This is really as good of a nursing home as you'll find. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's exemplary report card is its long-term care grade. We discuss long-term care in the next paragraph.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
No Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Physical Therapy
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Oncology Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Lymphedema Care
Aquatic Therapy

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Awards

Top Nursing Home in Oregon Awards 2019

Top Nursing Home in Oregon Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in Oregon Awards 2021

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Long-term Care Quality

In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this facility also performed well in long-term care, where it received an A. Few nursing homes did better in this category. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for resident care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 94.202896 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the senior population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

We also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received a first-rate grade of A in our short-term care area. Short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

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Nurse Quality

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. We assessed the licensure of nurses working for the facility, in addition to the quantity of hours the nurses spent with residents, in determining our grade in this category. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics 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 facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving patients even once per day.

Facility Inspections

Adding to its impressive category grades, this nursing home also excelled in inspections, where it received an A. This rounded out a straight A report card for this nursing home. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this category typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 5.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care residents which suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 7.25% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who have experienced a fall leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which had UTI's. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 4.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients that are administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 14.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 9.09% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 97.1% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 15.79% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 24.96% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is important for patients physical and mental well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 24.96% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 19.37% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 86.74% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.