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Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll

  • Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
Oct 18: B+Nov 18: BDec 18: BJan 19: BFeb 19: BMar 19: B+Apr 19: BMay 19: BJun 19: BJul 19: B-Aug 19: B-Sep 19: B-Jan 20: B-Mar 20: B-Apr 20: B-May 20: B-Jun 20: B-Jul 20: B-Aug 20: B-Sep 20: BOct 20: DJan 21: CFeb 21: CMar 21: CApr 21: CMay 21: CJun 21: CJul 21: B-Aug 21: B-Sep 21: BOct 21: CNov 21: CJan 22: CFeb 22: CMar 22: CApr 22: CMay 22: CJun 22: C
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1006 North Lowden p.o. Box 111,
Mount Carroll IL 61053

(815) 244-7715

70.97% estimated occupancy 1

Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll is a small facility located in Mount Carroll, Illinois. Featuring an overall grade of C, this is likely a middle of the pack facility. This nursing home seems to have a few things going for it. The best part of this facility's report card is its remarkable inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next section.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

We want to point out that this nursing home outperformed its overall grade in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our highest grades in this area with a grade of A. Inspection scores weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area typically have few of these severe deficiencies. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Another one of this nursing home's more impressive category grades was in the category of short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B. In crafting our short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to devise a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing score. In fact, we gave this facility an D. The nursing score considers a host of factors. The most heavily weighted factor is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This place averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This facility fared well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The final category we graded is long-term care. We gave it a lowly F for this category, which is an abysmal score. This is clearly a major disappointment. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few 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.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jul 22

Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll, 8.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll, 18.4% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This gauges the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll, 19.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll, 29.8% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may imply worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll, 87.49% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll, 14.23% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll, 19.34% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll, 1.51 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll, 19.34 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll, 11.45 Percentage of Patients

This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Good Samaritan Society - Mount Carroll, 71.39% Percentage of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with superior rehabilitation.

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=145770