Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village

Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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1 Park Avenue,
Brookings OR 97415

(541) 469-3111

43.38% 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 quarter of all nursing homes in the country. This is really as good of a nursing home as you'll find. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive report card is its inspection rating. We discuss inspections 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

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Facility Inspections

On top of earning a strong overall grade, this nursing home also received excellent government inspections recently. We gave it one of our highest scores in that category, with an A. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

On the list of its many dominant scores, this facility was awarded a top-shelf short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a score of A in this area. Short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

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Nurse Quality

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Our nursing score focuses on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Turning to our fourth category, this nursing home received an excellent long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a B+ in this area, rounding out one of our more favorable profiles. For prospective patients in need of a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 79.36508 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is a bit less than we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 8.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who developed pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

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

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which had falls which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 2.4% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by facilities with worst hygiene practices. Closer supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 15.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 12.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 5.35% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 92.77% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 13.93% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate erosion of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 23.47% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 1.11 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society - Curry Village, 23.47 Percentage 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, 14.47 Percentage 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, 75.28% Percentage 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.