Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, Good Samaritan Society-Daytona is one of six facilities there. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A score of this caliber requires above average scores in most areas. Impressively, the nursing homes in Daytona Beach received high scores across the board, making this one of the better places in Florida to find a nursing home. As you can find below, this nursing home also performed well in our category ratings. It would be hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.
Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.
Good Samaritan Society-Daytona
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Get pricing and details on Daytona Beach senior living options.
Get PricingQuick 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 Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Nursing ratings are largely based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Does this page answer your questions about Good Samaritan Society-Daytona?
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, we awarded them one of our higher scores in our short-term care category as well, with a B. In our short-term care score, we seek to forge a sound measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we scored is long-term care. This facility was awarded an impressive long-term care rating in our assessment, with a B. This facility truly didn't have any weak links. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 75.22936 percent of its patients, which is a few points lower than we expected. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, at least this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society-Daytona Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Samaritan Society-Daytona, 9.19% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Samaritan Society-Daytona, 2.87% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents who have experienced falls resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Samaritan Society-Daytona, 1.78% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients that have suffered from a UTI. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Samaritan Society-Daytona, 10.42% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Samaritan Society-Daytona, 21.31% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically used to treat patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Samaritan Society-Daytona, 2.53% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Samaritan Society-Daytona, 95.81% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Samaritan Society-Daytona, 12.69% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Samaritan Society-Daytona, 14.03% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society-Daytona, 14.03 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Good Samaritan Society-Daytona, 77.72% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Daytona Beach, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Daytona Beach, Florida has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Halifax Health Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.09 miles away303 N Clyde Morris Blvd Daytona Beach Florida 32114Government - Hospital District or Authority(386) 254-4000
- Adventhealth New Smyrna BeachAcute Care Hospitals 13.82 miles away401 Palmetto St New Smyrna Beach Florida 32170Voluntary non-profit - Church(386) 424-5100
Nearby Dialysis
- Dialysis Care Center of Daytona1.83 miles away720 Clyde Morris Blvd Daytona Beach Florida 32114Dialysis Stations: 17 (386) 947-9872
- Daytona Beach Dialysis2.39 miles away578 Health Blvd Daytona Beach Florida 32114CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (386) 258-7322
- Daytona South Dialysis3.56 miles away1801 S Nova Rd #306 Daytona Beach Florida 32119CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (386) 322-3625
- Davita Port Orange Davita Dialysis6.09 miles away3997 S Nova Road Port Orange Florida 32127Dialysis Stations: 16 (386) 761-7961
- Ormond Beach Dialysis6.23 miles away420 S Nova Rd Suite 7 Ormond Beach Florida 32174CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (386) 676-2405
- New Smyrna Beach Dialysis13.63 miles away110 S Orange St New Smyrna Beach Florida 32168Dialysis Stations: 12 (386) 409-0025
- New Smyrna Beach Artificial Kidney Center13.86 miles away821 State Road 44 New Smyrna Beach Florida 32168Dialysis Stations: 12 (386) 409-8855