With an address in Sister Bay, Wisconsin, Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village is the lone nursing home we identified there. With an overall grade of B-, this appears to be a respectable facility. You can definitely do worse than this nursing home. The best part of this facility's report card is is its nursing rating. Nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non 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
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
- Aquatic Therapy
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Nurse Quality
This facility's nursing score was notably better than its overall score. Due to a strong performance in this area, it earned one of our better scores in nursing with a B+. Our nursing score is based on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0 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 facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning a resident more often.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility was given its second highest category grade in the category of short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a B- in this category, which is a reasonably acceptable grade. Short-term care grades are often employed to measure a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To provide highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally must feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
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Facility Inspections
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This is a very respectable nursing score. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially look at the severity of those deficiencies. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we scored is long-term care. We gave this nursing home a B- in this area. Long-term care grades are based on the nursing home's amount of nursing services. This means a broad range of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 94.81482 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village, 2.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village, 7.41% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village, 1.5% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village, 18.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients which were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village, 28.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village, 96.73% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village, 13.27% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village, 17.05% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village, 17.05% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village, 67.14% 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.