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Good Samaritan Society - Manson

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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1402 Main Street,
Manson IA 50563

(712) 847-5392

59.28% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Manson, Iowa, Good Samaritan Society - Manson is the lone nursing home located in this city. This nursing home proved to be an A+ rated facility. Being awarded an A+ in our grading scheme takes excellent performance across the board. This is really as good of a facility as you're going to find. This also proved to be a very consistent nursing home with consistent ratings in each of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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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

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Our inspection grades are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Our nursing rating is primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of 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: A

Moving on our third category, we awarded this facility a grade of A for its short-term care grade. This is a very impressive grade. In the area of short-term care, we try to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Switching gears to the final category, this nursing home was awarded a very strong long-term care rating. We awarded it a grade of A in that category, giving this facility straight A's. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, 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.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Good Samaritan Society - Manson Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Manson, 1.64% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Manson, 2.7% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Good Samaritan Society - Manson, 3.6% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by poor nursing care. However, this metric may also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Manson, 10.81% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for treating several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Manson, 7.07% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Good Samaritan Society - Manson, 0% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents exhibiting signs of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Good Samaritan Society - Manson, 96.67% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Good Samaritan Society - Manson, 20.2% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Manson, 20.74% of Residents

This is the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Manson, 0.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Good Samaritan Society - Manson, 20.74% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Manson, 81.01% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Pocahontas Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.04 miles away606 N W 7th Street Pocahontas Iowa 50574Government - Local(712) 335-3501
  • Trinity Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.72 miles away802 Kenyon Rd Fort Dodge Iowa 50501Voluntary non-profit - Private(515) 573-3101

Nearby Dialysis

  • Renal Center of Fort Dodge LLC19.05 miles away2520 9th Ave South Fort Dodge Iowa 50501Dialysis Stations: 16 (515) 574-6200