Located in Prescott Valley, Arizona, Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Valley is the only option we were able to find in the area. After receiving an A overall grade, this nursing home has the distinction of being one of the 50 best facilities in Arizona. This is really as good of a place as you're going to find. As you will find below, this facility also performed just fine in our category scores. It is hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Valley
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- 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
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
One of the reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it received an A+ short-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this area. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to score a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to have quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to offer better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning our third category, we gave this facility a score of A for our long-term care rating. This is a first-rate rating. For residents in need of a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 87.69231 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat lower than we were hoping for but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
The final category we rated was nursing, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of B+. This rounded out a very favorable report card. Few facilities earned a B+ or better in every category. Nursing scores are primarily associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at 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 state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving a resident more frequently.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Valley Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Valley, 8.99% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Valley, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Valley, 1.4% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric could be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Valley, 11.79% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Valley, 17.9% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Valley, 3.74% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Valley, 74.57% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Valley, 12.93% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Valley, 15.66% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is important for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Valley, 15.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Valley, 11.86 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Valley, 75.23% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Yavapai Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.1 miles away1003 Willow Creek Road Prescott Arizona 86301Voluntary non-profit - Private(928) 445-2700
- Verde Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.39 miles away269 South Candy Lane Cottonwood Arizona 86326Voluntary non-profit - Private(928) 773-2357
Nearby Dialysis
- Yavapai Dialysis (Fmc)5.21 miles away3605 Ranch Dr Prescott Arizona 86303CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (928) 443-9626
- Prescott Dialysis (Dva)9.14 miles away980 Willow Creek Rd Ste 101 Prescott Arizona 86301Dialysis Stations: 12 (928) 776-9459
- Cottonwood Dialysis (Dva)19.46 miles away1699 E Cottonwood St, a-200 Cottonwood Arizona 86326CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 10 (928) 634-9295