Good Samaritan Society Simla

One of the reasons this is a decent facility is it received a very favorable inspection grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ in that category, which is one of our better scores. Our nursing rating is primarily associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Additionally, we gave this facility a grade of B in our short-term care category. This is one of our higher scores. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

The next category we analyzed is long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a C. Our long-term care scores are vital for individuals seeking non-healthcare services such as personal care. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 93.68421 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is a bit lower than we expected but still a respectable figure. Nevertheless, this nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.