Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Village is a small non-profit nursing home located in Prescott, Arizona. With an overall grade of A, this is undoubtedly a phenomenal facility. In fact, this nursing home has the distinction of being one of the top 25 facilities in Arizona. Keep reading to find this nursing home's category grades, which are equally impressive. You really can't do any better than a straight A report card.
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Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Village
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- Independent Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an excellent short-term care score, with a grade of A. With our short-term care rating, we try to forge a valuable barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. 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 information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 6.5 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its top-shelf profile, this nursing home also excelled in our long-term care category. In fact, it received a grade of A for that area. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 92.22222 percent of its patients. This is a bit less than we were hoping for but still a decent percentage. Clearly, this facility 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 a remarkably low figure.
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Facility Inspections
Racking up yet another strong category grade, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it received an A. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
In the final category we looked at, this facility was given a very favorable grade of A- in our nursing category. With this grade, the facility finished off a straight A profile. We assessed the skill-level of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of time those nurses were with patients, in determining our grade in this category. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as reliable measures of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Village, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Village, 7.78% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Village, 1.16% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to facilities with lower levels of hygiene. More frequent bathing reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Village, 10% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for treating a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Village, 8.86% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients who are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Village, 0% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some argue this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Village, 96.11% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Village, 7.79% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Village, 9.42% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Village, 9.42% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Village, 13.23% 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 reduced emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Good Samaritan Society-Prescott Village, 68.52% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Scores for Prescott, AZ
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Prescott, Arizona has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Yavapai Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.47 miles away1003 Willow Creek Road Prescott Arizona 86301Voluntary non-profit - Private(928) 445-2700
Nearby Dialysis
- Prescott Dialysis (Dva)0.5 miles away980 Willow Creek Rd Ste 101 Prescott Arizona 86301Dialysis Stations: 12 (928) 776-9459
- Yavapai Dialysis (Fmc)4.31 miles away3605 Ranch Dr Prescott Arizona 86303CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (928) 443-9626