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Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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P O Box F-1, 1622 Walnut Street,
Syracuse NE 68446

(402) 269-2251

50.68% estimated occupancy ¹

Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse is a facility in Syracuse, Nebraska, which has a total of 2,690 people. This facility received an A- overall, which is one of the highest scores we offer. A score in this range requires superb scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all nursing homes in the nation. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which we will address in the next section.

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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
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Mental Health
Physical Therapy
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Oncology Care
Lymphedema Care
Aquatic Therapy

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Facility Inspections

One of the many reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is it earned a very impressive inspection grade. In fact, inspections ended up being its best category. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively minor. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This means the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Adding to its dominant resume, this facility also excelled in our long-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in the area. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 96.07843 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a dangerous health condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home does not roll the dice on this issue. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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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. Nursing scores are mostly tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

The next area we assessed is short-term care, where this facility was awarded a B-. This turned out to be this nursing home's worst category. This is still not a poor grade. Our short-term care ratings are thought to be most meaningful for residents in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not only nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this category is the number of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that just 4 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse, 0.98% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This gauges the percentage of long-term care residents that suffer from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an measure of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse, 9.15% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse, 4.08% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that suffered from UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint can also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse, 6.58% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic measures the percent of long-term patients that were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse, 12.59% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse, 0% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse, 92.16% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse, 22.54% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse, 17.72% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse, 17.72% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse, 13.59% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Good Samaritan Society - Syracuse, 94.61% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

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