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Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village

Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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500 Care Lane,
Aztec NM 87410

(505) 334-9445

87.38% estimated occupancy ¹

Note: Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village is a facility located in Aztec, New Mexico. The city has a population of 17,603 people. It looks like this facility is a lower end facility. A score in this range suggests we found some red flags. This was not the worse nursing home we looked at, however, we would still struggle to recommend it. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category is nursing, which is addressed in the next section.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
No Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation

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Nurse Quality

Although we did not rate this facility well overall, we want to point out its decent grade of B- in the category of nursing. Nursing ratings are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, we also assessed several nursing quality measures. While this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of these quality metrics. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it did well in this metric. This is often a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning a resident at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home was awarded its next highest category grade in the area of short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of B- in this area, which is an acceptable score. In determining our short-term care scores, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. We found that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. It provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. The final measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

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Facility Inspections

This nursing home received slightly below average government inspections in recent years. We gave them a C in this area. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place had 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were category G through L deficiencies. This indicates it dodged the more ominous classes of deficiencies. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

Long-term Care Quality

The next category we assessed is long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a C in this area. In computing our long-term care scores, we look at the personal care received by a facility's patients. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home administered the vaccine to 99.14893 percent of its residents, which is an above average figure. This place also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village, 8.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village, 3.08% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls which result in injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village, 1.47% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village, 16.78% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care residents that were administered antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village, 13.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village, 3.19% of Patients

This is the percent of residents showing signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may imply lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village, 88.36% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village, 16.72% Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village, 18.98% Percentage of Residents

Measures the percent of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village, 18.98 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village, 15.18 Percentage of Patients

This is 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 overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Good Samaritan Society - Four Corners Village, 65.79% Percentage of Resident

This is the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

San Juan Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.2 miles away801 West Maple Street Farmington New Mexico 87401Voluntary non-profit - Private(505) 609-2000

Nearby Dialysis

Four Corners Dialysis Farmington (Dva)13.22 miles away801 W Broadway Farmington New Mexico 87401CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (505) 325-2828