Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm is a small non-profit nursing home in Jasonville, Indiana. With an overall score of C, this looks like a respectable nursing home. This place has some things working in its favor. The best part of this place's report card was is its inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No 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
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This nursing home's overall score was propped up by the fact that it has received favorable health inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better scores in that category, with a B+. This is a much better grade than the nursing home's overall score. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's more favorable category grades was in the category of short-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of B. Our short-term care scores are meaningful for prospective residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This includes a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of B- in this category. We weighed the levels of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses spent with patients, in computing our grade in this category. This place averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which is well below average. Finally, nursing scores also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we scored is long-term care. It received an abysmal F in this category, which is a bottom of the barrel score. This is clearly a significant concern. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. Unfortunately, this nursing home vaccinated just 76.22951 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm, 7.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm, 3.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm, 1.87% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percent of long-term care patients which had urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. However, this metric can be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm, 13.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. However, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm, 21.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm, 12.89% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm, 91.48% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm, 15.74% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm, 15.7% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm, 15.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm, 11.29 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm, 73.78% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with better rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Greene County General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 9.04 miles away1185 N 1000 W Linton Indiana 47441Government - Local(812) 847-2281
- Sullivan County Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 12.18 miles away2200 N Section St Sullivan Indiana 47882Government - Local(812) 268-4311
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Linton8.25 miles away1204 N. 1000 W. Linton Indiana 47441Dialysis Stations: 7 (812) 847-3811
- Davita-Sullivan Dialysis12.37 miles away2232 N Hospital Blvd, Suite 1 Sullivan Indiana 47882Dialysis Stations: 13 (812) 268-5593
- Fmc - Vigo County16.53 miles away1705 E Industrial Drive Terre Haute Indiana 47802Dialysis Stations: 16 (812) 298-8043