Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran is a senior living facility in Deland, Florida. The city has 61,526 people. This proved to be an A+ rated facility, which is the highest score we offer. In fact, we were so impressed with this facility that we rated it as the number one nursing home in Deland. One of the major highlights of this facility's stellar report card is its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- 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
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To pair with its strong overall grade, we gave this nursing home an A+ for our inspection category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are quite insignificant. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was strong in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a score of A. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Our short-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 6.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. Our nursing score includes numerous datapoints. The most important one is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 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 nursing home 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 prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
In the last area, this nursing home also was given an impressive long-term care grade, with an A. This finished off a very favorable report card. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 61.17647 percent of its patients, which is slightly less than we expected. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, we were pleased to find place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand 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-Florida Lutheran Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients who have pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients which have experienced falls which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Closer supervision limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran, 2.33% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran, 94.94% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran, 16.78% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility. Some would argue that mobility is important for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Deland, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Deland, Florida has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Adventhealth DelandAcute Care Hospitals 1.88 miles away701 W Plymouth Ave Deland Florida 32720Voluntary non-profit - Church(386) 943-4772
- Adventhealth Fish MemorialAcute Care Hospitals 8.51 miles away1055 Saxon Blvd Orange City Florida 32763Voluntary non-profit - Church(386) 917-5000
- Central Florida Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.05 miles away1401 W Seminole Blvd Sanford Florida 32771Proprietary(407) 321-4500
- Halifax Health Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.4 miles away303 N Clyde Morris Blvd Daytona Beach Florida 32114Government - Hospital District or Authority(386) 254-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Deland Dialysis0.49 miles away350 East New York Avenue Deland Florida 32724CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (386) 738-2570
- Orange City Dialysis6.31 miles away2575 S Volusia Ave #400 Orange City Florida 32763CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (386) 774-0101
- Deltona Dialysis9.46 miles away1200 Deltona Blvd Ste 26 Deltona Florida 32725CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (386) 574-0225
- Fmc - Sanford15.37 miles away419 E First St Sanford Florida 32771CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (407) 688-6765
- Sanford Dialysis15.37 miles away1701 W 1st St Sanford Florida 32771CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (407) 268-9425
- Daytona South Dialysis18.39 miles away1801 S Nova Rd #306 Daytona Beach Florida 32119CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (386) 322-3625
- Daytona Beach Dialysis18.39 miles away578 Health Blvd Daytona Beach Florida 32114CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (386) 258-7322
- Dialysis Care Center of Daytona18.43 miles away720 Clyde Morris Blvd Daytona Beach Florida 32114Dialysis Stations: 17 (386) 947-9872