Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley is a facility located in Greenacres, Washington. This city has a total of 12,480 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of B. A score of this caliber requires solid marks in most areas. Based on our analysis, this facility looks like a good fit for most people. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its nursing score, which you can find in the next section.
Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
- Aquatic Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in nursing, where it received an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing grade is primarily tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving a resident at least once a day.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility was given impressive grades in the category of short-term care as well. In fact, we awarded it one of our most superb grades in that category with a area of A-. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
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Facility Inspections
Moving on to another of this nursing home's strengths, it also received a very impressive inspection rating. In that area, we gave this facility an impressive grade of B+. Inspection scores are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded is long-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this category, which is a rock bottom grade. We wouldn't necessarily rule out a facility due to one terrible category though. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. After assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 92.23744 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be a bit lower than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley, 7.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This gauges the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley, 2.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley, 2.28% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents which sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley, 13.8% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term residents that were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley, 12.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley, 13.74% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley, 93.71% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley, 13.94% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley, 21.78% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley, 1 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley, 21.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley, 10.98 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley, 74.42% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Multicare Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.29 miles away12606 East Mission Avenue Spokane Washington 99216Voluntary non-profit - Private(509) 924-6650
- PROV Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.Acute Care Hospitals 11.07 miles away101 West 8th Avenue Spokane Washington 99204Voluntary non-profit - Church(509) 474-3040
- Providence Holy Family HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.55 miles away5633 North Lidgerwood Spokane Washington 99208Voluntary non-profit - Private(509) 482-2450
- Kootenai HealthAcute Care Hospitals 17.88 miles away2003 Kootenai Health Way Coeur D Alene Idaho 83814Government - Hospital District or Authority(208) 625-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Valley Dialysis Unit3.35 miles away1017 North Pines Rd Spokane Washington 99206CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (509) 891-1107
- Spokane Valley Renal Center3.86 miles away12610 E Mirabeau Pkwy Suite 100 Spokane Washington 99216CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 10 (509) 228-9933
- Downtown Spokane Renal Center10.59 miles away601 West 5th Ave Ste 101 Spokane Washington 99204CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (509) 363-0070
- North Spokane Renal Center11.63 miles away7701 N Division Street Ste B Spokane Washington 99208CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (509) 465-3161
- Fmc Northpointe Dialysis Unit12.14 miles away1116 E Westview Court Spokane Washington 99218CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (509) 468-8606
- Fmc Post Falls Dialysis Unit12.19 miles away1300 E Mullan Suite 1200 Post Falls Idaho 83854Dialysis Stations: 12 (208) 777-6054
- Fmc Spokane Kidney Center13.33 miles away610 S Sherman Ave Suite 101 Spokane Washington 99202CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (509) 473-1010
- Dsi Post Falls Dialysis13.83 miles away920 North Highway 41 Ste 3 Post Falls Idaho 83854Dialysis Stations: 13 (208) 627-2039