Good Samaritan Society - Valentine

Good Samaritan Society - Valentine is located in Valentine, Nebraska. This nursing home was awarded an uninspiring overall grade of D, which is a relatively poor grade. This nursing home seems to have very little going for it. The only positive thing we can really say about this nursing home is that it did not receive any F's in in any of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.

Although we did not rate this facility favorably overall, we want to point out its relatively favorable inspections in recent years. We gave it a B+ in this area, which is much better than its overall score. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid facilities that had too many deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B. When computing a facility's nursing score, we assess the number of hours nurses are with patients as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also factored a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This facility was relatively weak in two of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.

As it turns out, this nursing home only earned a D for its long-term care rating, which is not a very good score. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccines. Fortunately, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 96.666664 percent of its residents. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. We found that this place had 2.44 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure is far less favorable than its vaccination record.

Turning to the last category, we awarded this nursing home a D for short-term care. This was the facility's worst category rating. In computing our short-term care scores, we assess a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is considered to be a meaningful assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 19.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.