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Good Samaritan Society- Socorro

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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Good Samaritan Society- Socorro's website

1203 Highway 60 West,
Socorro NM 87801

(575) 835-2724

56.36% estimated occupancy ¹

Good Samaritan Society- Socorro is a senior living facility located in Socorro, New Mexico, a city with 10,221 people. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road score. Based on our analysis, there are certainly far worse places out there. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's report card is its strong short-term care score, which you can find in the next paragraph.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy

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Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home received a favorable short-term care grade this year. We gave them a strong score in that area, with a B+. This is a better grade than the nursing home's overall grade and was a boost to its overall profile. Short-term care grades are commonly used to grade a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To provide good rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

This nursing home also excelled in the area of nursing, where it earned a grade of B. Nursing scores are largely based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

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Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home was awarded its next highest category score in the category of long-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this category, which is a reasonably acceptable grade. Long-term care grades focus on a facility's personal care instead of the skilled nursing or medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 92.9078 percent of its residents against pneumonia. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

In the last category we looked at, we found that this nursing home received a solid inspection report this year as well. As a result, it received a decent grade in our inspection category with a B-. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to resident safety or health. A few minor dings aren't something to panic about.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Good Samaritan Society- Socorro Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Good Samaritan Society- Socorro, 11.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Good Samaritan Society- Socorro, 11.35% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls are often caused by poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Good Samaritan Society- Socorro, 0.72% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Good Samaritan Society- Socorro, 23.39% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Good Samaritan Society- Socorro, 5.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Good Samaritan Society- Socorro, 10.69% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Good Samaritan Society- Socorro, 93.95% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Good Samaritan Society- Socorro, 27.13% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Good Samaritan Society- Socorro, 25.83% of Residents

This is the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society- Socorro, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society- Socorro, 25.83% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Good Samaritan Society- Socorro, 80.46% of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.