Good Samaritan Society Wagner

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its impressive achievements in other areas, we gave this facility a score of A- for our short-term care rating. Short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

The next category we looked at was long-term care. This facility was awarded a very positive long-term care grade, with a B+ in this category. When nursing homes receive this type of score in this category it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 99.333336 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is too frequently a life or death health condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility doesn't take any chances. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The fourth area we analyzed is nursing, where this nursing home received a B+. This finished off a first-rate report card. Not many nursing homes earned a B+ or better in every category. We weighed the levels of nurses at the facility, in addition to the number of hours those nurses worked with patients, in computing our score in this area. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.