Good Samaritan Society-Lodi
700 Clark St, Lodi WI 53555 · (608) 592-3241 · 80.59% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Good Samaritan Society-Lodi is a small nursing home located in Lodi, Wisconsin. We gave this facility an overall grade of B+. A grade in this range requires strong marks in most areas. You can certainly do much worse than this place. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 50 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a strong overall score, this facility performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our nursing rating weighs a number of datapoints. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spent with patients. This facility provides an incredible 4.1 hours of nursing care per patient per day. Out of that total, many of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to providing high levels of care, this place was also above average in several of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. It performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home earned excellent health inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite insignificant. This place received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to another strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our higher scores in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B. Our short-term care scores are thought to be more meaningful for those requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually requires more skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The final item we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. This place was above average in this area with 50.3 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was long-term care. In this area, we awarded this nursing home a solid grade of B-. This ended up being this nursing home's least impressive area. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to favorable nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination record is better than most nursing homes as well. Indeed, it vaccinated 97.1831 percent of its residents against pneumonia. The last statistic we assessed was its hospitalization rate. Here we found that this facility had 1.87 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is not too bad.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society-Lodi Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better