Good Samaritan Society Tyndall

In addition to being a great nursing home overall, it also received A+ health inspections recently. Its inspections are virtually perfect. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. Unfortunately, it does not appear that we were able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home was awarded an impressive short-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our better grades in that area with a score of B+. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. When calculating our nursing ratings, we look at both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility South Dakota in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning patients more often.

In our last category, we awarded this facility a A+ for our long-term care rating. This rounded out a very impressive profile. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 99.47644 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a life threatening condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility does not leave this to chance. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.