Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home is a small non-profit nursing home in Mountain Home, Arkansas. It looks like this nursing home is one of the most impressive facilities we looked at. It received one of the most impressive scores we offer. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the country. The best part of this facility's impressive report card is its short-term care score. We discuss short-term care in the next section
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Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home
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- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home excelled in our shot-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. In our short-term care assessment, we attempt to forge a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also was awarded favorable long-term care grades in our assessment. Indeed, we gave them one of our better grades in that area, with a score of B+. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. Once we concluded our assessment of the volume of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.9899 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is often a life or death ailment for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home does not take any chances. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
The final area we scored was nursing, where this facility was given a B+. This wrapped up a very strong report card. Not many facilities earned a B+ or better in every category. When determining our nursing scores, we weigh both nursing hours and the training levels of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed 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 Arkansas in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving residents more frequently.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home, 13.41% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home, 3.03% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents who experienced urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home, 1.01% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients that are administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home, 7.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home, 0% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home, 99.49% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home, 7.5% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home, 29.2% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home, 29.2% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home, 5.61% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Home, 66.3% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Baxter Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.11 miles away624 Hospital Drive Mountain Home Arkansas 72653Voluntary non-profit - Private(870) 508-1000
- Izard County Medical Center, LLCCritical Access Hospitals 17.95 miles away61 Grasse Street Calico Rock Arkansas 72519Proprietary(870) 297-2400
Nearby Dialysis
- Rvm - Renal Ctr of Mtn Home2.19 miles away200 East 8th St #101 Mountain Home Arkansas 72653Dialysis Stations: 20 (870) 508-6500