Good Samaritan Society- Socorro
1203 Highway 60 West, Socorro NM 87801 · (575) 835-2724 · 84.69% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Good Samaritan Society- Socorro is a small non-profit facility in Socorro, New Mexico. This nursing home is a relatively poor facility. A score in this range indicates we found a few red flags. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Socorro. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, long-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 66 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
Although we did not give this nursing home a good overall grade, we surprisingly gave it a fairly strong grade in the area of long-term care, where it earned a B+. This is better than many nursing homes in this area. This propped up an otherwise abysmal profile. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care grades. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 93.60731 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be a bit less than we expected but still a respectable figure. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.31 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
We were also pleasantly surprised to award this facility a relatively favorable government inspection grade as well. We awarded it a B- in this category, which easily topped its overall score. Inspection scores are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to the well being of residents. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Nurse Quality
We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of C. There are a number of factors included in this grade. Most of these factors are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, we also baked a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This facility was relatively weak in a few of the major metrics we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its patients' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are typically measures of the quality of nursing care available.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we graded was short-term care, which was a low point for this nursing home. We awarded this facility a grade of D in the area of short-term care. Short-term care grades are generally used to gauge a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to have quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally must feature better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 26.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society- Socorro Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents which are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better