Good Samaritan Society - Luverne

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Independent Living
Assisted Living

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Good Samaritan Society - Luverne's website

110 South Walnut Avenue,
Luverne MN 56156

(507) 203-9136

85.88% estimated occupancy ¹

Good Samaritan Society - Luverne is a small non-profit facility located in Luverne, Minnesota. Featuring an overall score of A-, this is clearly a very impressive facility. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top 25 percent of all facilities in the nation. As you can see below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category ratings. It is hard to poke holes in this facility's profile.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

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

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Facility Inspections

In addition to receiving a great overall rating, this facility earned an A+ inspection rating. This is based on its recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can pay to a facility. Inspection grades are tied to several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area tend to have very 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 place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

We also awarded this facility a score of A+ for its long-term care grade. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Nurse Quality

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. There are a host of criteria within this grade. Most of these factors relate to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning patients even once per day.

Short-term Care Quality

The final area we graded is short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home an above average grade of B. Our short-term care grades are probably most important for patients requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Good Samaritan Society - Luverne Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Good Samaritan Society - Luverne, 6.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Good Samaritan Society - Luverne, 4.21% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who experienced a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Good Samaritan Society - Luverne, 2.83% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - Luverne, 16.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which were given 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 required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - Luverne, 12.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Good Samaritan Society - Luverne, 4.58% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing symptoms of depression. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Good Samaritan Society - Luverne, 93.31% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Good Samaritan Society - Luverne, 13.09% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Good Samaritan Society - Luverne, 18.07% Percentage of Residents

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

Hospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society - Luverne, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to preserving the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society - Luverne, 18.07 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Good Samaritan Society - Luverne, 76.76% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

Sanford Luverne Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 1.36 miles away1600 N Kniss Avenue P O Box 1019 Luverne Minnesota 56156Voluntary non-profit - Private(507) 283-2321