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Good Samaritan Society - Fontanelle

  • Nursing Home
  • Independent Living

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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Good Samaritan Society - Fontanelle's website

326 Summerset Box 38,
Fontanelle IA 50846

(641) 215-6504

55.43% estimated occupancy 1

Good Samaritan Society - Fontanelle is a small non-profit nursing home located in Fontanelle, Iowa. This nursing home proved to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B+. At the end of the day, this place looks like a good fit for most people. As you can see below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category ratings. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home earned a strong overall grade as described above, but we especially wanted to emphasize its excellent nursing grade. We awarded them an A- in this area. Nursing grades are primarily tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home is also strong in the category of short-term care, where it was given a grade of B+. It outpaced most facilities in this category. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to assess a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to offer quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

We also wanted to emphasize this nursing home's nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded them a grade of B+ in this category. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

The final area we looked at was long-term care, where this facility received a grade of B+. This wrapped up a very impressive report card. Very few nursing homes received a B+ or higher in all four categories. When facilities receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.145294 percent of its residents, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Good Samaritan Society - Fontanelle Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Fontanelle, 6.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Good Samaritan Society - Fontanelle, 3.69% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have experienced falls which caused severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Good Samaritan Society - Fontanelle, 3.09% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of long-term stay residents which sustained a UTI. UTI's could be an indicator of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint could also be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Fontanelle, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Good Samaritan Society - Fontanelle, 18.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Good Samaritan Society - Fontanelle, 4.48% of Patients

This is the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression may imply a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Fontanelle, 94.58% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Good Samaritan Society - Fontanelle, 16.82% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Fontanelle, 19.24% Percentage of Residents

This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Fontanelle, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Good Samaritan Society - Fontanelle, 19.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Adair County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 5.83 miles away609 Se Kent Greenfield Iowa 50849Government - Local(641) 743-2123
  • Greater Regional Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 18.03 miles away1700 West Townline Street Creston Iowa 50801Government - Local(641) 782-7091

Nearby Dialysis

  • Creston Dialysis18.03 miles away1700 W Townline St #2b Creston Iowa 50801Dialysis Stations: 8 (641) 782-5202

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=165237