Good Samaritan Society - Decatur County
108 E Ash Street, Oberlin KS 67749 · (785) 475-2245 · 75.77% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Good Samaritan Society - Decatur County is a small non-profit nursing home located in Oberlin, Kansas. This nursing home received an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable rating. This nursing home truly has plenty working in its favor. The best part of this facility's strong profile is its long-term care rating. We discuss long-term care in the next paragraph
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 45 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really fared well in the area of long-term care, where it earned an A-. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are well cared for. While we determined this nursing home has an above average volume of nursing care provided by nurses and other nursing staff, we found its vaccine statistics to be somewhat lower than we expected. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 86.986305 percent of its patients. This is one statistic we would love to see this facility improve. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.63 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite minor. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that 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.
Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing grade consists of quite a few datapoints, but the main consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provided 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Approximately a quarter of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are among the most skilled levels of nurses. Both are impressive figures, which typically correlates with higher quality care. Finally, we also looked at nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we assessed was short-term care, in which this facility was awarded a grade of B-. Although this turned out to be its least impressive category rating, this is still not a bad grade. Our short-term care scores are likely more meaningful for individuals needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of skilled nursing. This means not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 24.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of residents return home so this place is below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society - Decatur County Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better