Good Samaritan Society - Hays

Nursing Home
Independent Living

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Good Samaritan Society - Hays's website

2700 Canal Blvd,
Hays KS 67601

(785) 789-3781

78.21% estimated occupancy ¹

Good Samaritan Society - Hays is a small non-profit facility in Hays, Kansas. Featuring an overall rating of B, this appears to be a very respectable nursing home. Based on our analysis, this place has quite a bit going for it. Fortunately, this nursing home didn't have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Oncology Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Lymphedema Care
Aquatic Therapy

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Facility Inspections

In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this facility also earned first-rate health inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our best grades in that category, with an A-. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category tend to have very few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Nurse Quality

Adding to its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this facility a grade of B+ for our nursing rating. Nursing scores are largely tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place Kansas in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning residents at least once a day.

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Long-term Care Quality

Turning to an additional strength for this facility, we awarded them one of our more favorable scores in our long-term care category as well, with a B. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 94.01198 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is too frequently a life or death health condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home does not leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

The next area we assessed was short-term care. This nursing home was given a grade of B- for the area. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we size up a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is often a useful measure of a facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Good Samaritan Society - Hays Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Good Samaritan Society - Hays, 7.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Good Samaritan Society - Hays, 5.12% of Patients had Serious Falls

This measures the percentage of long-term patients who experienced a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Good Samaritan Society - Hays, 3.63% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - Hays, 16.93% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - Hays, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic gauges the percent of long-term care residents taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Good Samaritan Society - Hays, 5.92% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Good Samaritan Society - Hays, 91.42% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Good Samaritan Society - Hays, 16.92% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Good Samaritan Society - Hays, 21.25% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society - Hays, 1.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society - Hays, 21.25 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Good Samaritan Society - Hays, 10.63 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Good Samaritan Society - Hays, 74.59% Percentage of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.