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Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village

Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village

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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village's website

926 East E Street,
Hastings NE 68901

(402) 460-3235

33.48% estimated occupancy ¹

Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village is the only option located in Hastings, Nebraska. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack score. Based on our analysis, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. The best part of this place's profile is is its short-term care score. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Nebraska Awards 2020

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

We awarded this nursing home an impressive grade of A in short-term care. In computing our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This area is generally a solid measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we gave this facility an B+. There are quite a few criteria within this category. Most of these factors are tied to nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

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Facility Inspections

This facility also received favorable inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a B. This grade is also better than the nursing home's overall score. Inspection ratings are based on many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A few relatively minor dings aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

This facility's worst area was long-term care, which is the last category we looked at. Unfortunately, we gave it an F in this category. Even with a few solid grades in other areas, this grade is still concerning so we wanted to make sure you are aware. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. After we finished assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 98.35165 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village, 5.27% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village, 4.96% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients which have sustained a fall leading to major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village, 3.66% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village, 18.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village, 19.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village, 4.32% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village, 93.19% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village, 14.85% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village, 18.85% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village, 1.37 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village, 18.85 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.