Good Samaritan Society - Red Oak is in Red Oak, Iowa. This city has a total of 7,035 people. Sporting an overall grade of B-, this looks like a middle of the pack facility. Based on our assessment, this nursing home looks like a solid choice for quite a few people. The best part of this nursing home's profile is is its nursing grade. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section.
Good Samaritan Society - Red Oak
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Bariatric Care
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
We gave this facility one of our better scores in nursing, with an A-. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. Our nursing grade is mostly associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
This facility's second best category is inspections. In that area, we gave this facility a B. It actually outperformed most facilities in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. This particular nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a B-. Our short-term care scores are presumably most meaningful for residents needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed is long-term care, which turned out to be this facility's worst category. We gave it a lowly F in this category, which is certainly very concerning. Facilities that do not fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. Once we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated just 77.77778 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society - Red Oak Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Samaritan Society - Red Oak, 6.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Samaritan Society - Red Oak, 3.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who have sustained falls leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Samaritan Society - Red Oak, 3.09% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term care patients which experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Samaritan Society - Red Oak, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who were administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Samaritan Society - Red Oak, 18.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Samaritan Society - Red Oak, 4.48% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Samaritan Society - Red Oak, 94.58% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Samaritan Society - Red Oak, 16.82% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Samaritan Society - Red Oak, 19.24% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that maintained mobility. Many argue that mobility is vital to residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society - Red Oak, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society - Red Oak, 19.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Montgomery County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.91 miles away2301 Eastern Avenue Red Oak Iowa 51566Government - Local(712) 623-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Shenandoah Dialysis20 miles away300 Pershing Avenue Shenandoah Iowa 51601Dialysis Stations: 12 (712) 246-5220