Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community is a nursing home located in Minneapolis, Minnesota which has 1,022,298 people. We gave this facility an elite overall rating of A-. Consequently, it is one of the highest graded facilities in Minneapolis. This is an impressive accomplishment since the city features plenty of very solid nursing homes. We really can not say enough favorable things about this nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile was its short-term care score. We discuss short-term care in the next section
Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ short-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. In crafting our short-term care scores, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to formulate a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. 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.
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Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. We weighed the levels of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses spent with residents, in determining our rating in this area. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving a patient more frequently.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we looked at was long-term care, where this facility received a grade of C. This turned out to be this nursing home's least impressive area. This is still not a terrible score. Our long-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of nursing services. This includes a broad spectrum of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated only 84.9624 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community, 6.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community, 4.21% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients that sustained falls which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community, 2.83% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint could also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community, 16.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for treating several conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community, 12.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community, 4.58% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression could imply a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community, 93.31% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community, 13.09% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community, 18.07% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community, 18.07 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community, 12.51 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community, 76.76% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Minneapolis, MN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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