Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community
3815 West Broadway, Minneapolis MN 55422 · (612) 332-4262 · 96.97% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We awarded this nursing home an A overall grade, ranking it in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the country. Even in a city of 54 nursing homes, this facility is a great option. As you can find below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category scores. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 96 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. In computing our short-term care scores, we assess a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is often a meaningful measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The last measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. It fared as well as just about any nursing home in Minnesota with 66.7 percent of its patients returning home. For most nursing homes, less than half of their short-stay patients return home.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing grade is mostly tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides an incredible 4.6 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering impressive levels of nursing care, this facility was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. It performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Facility Inspections
Tallying another strong category grade, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. 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.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed is long-term care. We awarded this nursing home one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a grade of B. While this wasn't as high as several of this nursing home's other scores, it is nevertheless a fine grade. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. While we determined this nursing home had an above average quantity of nursing hours provided by aids and other nursing staff, we found its vaccination rate to be somewhat below average. It administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 84.61538 percent of its patients. This is a figure we would like to see this facility improve on. Fortunately, this place excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 1.04 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a substantially better hospitalization rate than the average nursing home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many argue this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better