Good Samaritan Society - West Union

Nursing Home
Home Health Agency

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Good Samaritan Society - West Union's website

201 Hall Street,
West Union IA 52175

(563) 292-8517

67.28% estimated occupancy ¹

Located in West Union, Iowa, Good Samaritan Society - West Union is the only nursing home we found there. We gave this facility an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all nursing homes in the nation. Based on our analysis, you can not go wrong with this nursing home. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Physical Therapy
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical area. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Nursing ratings are primarily associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

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Long-term Care Quality

Turning to an additional strength for this facility, we gave them one of our better grades in our long-term care category as well, with a B+. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. One of the statistics we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 92.35669 percent of its residents. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

The last area we looked at is this facility's worst category. Nevertheless, even in its weakest link we still gave it a respectable grade of B- for our short-term care category. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 4.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.

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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Good Samaritan Society - West Union Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Good Samaritan Society - West Union, 6.13% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Good Samaritan Society - West Union, 3.72% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Good Samaritan Society - West Union, 2.97% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - West Union, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who are administered antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Good Samaritan Society - West Union, 18.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Good Samaritan Society - West Union, 4.77% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Good Samaritan Society - West Union, 94.58% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Good Samaritan Society - West Union, 16.85% Percentage of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Good Samaritan Society - West Union, 20.59% Percentage of Residents

Measures the percentage of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society - West Union, 1.17 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Good Samaritan Society - West Union, 20.59 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Good Samaritan Society - West Union, 11.44 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and ClinicsCritical Access Hospitals 0.25 miles away112 Jefferson Street West Union Iowa 52175Voluntary non-profit - Private(563) 422-3811
Community Memorial Hospital Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 17.45 miles away909 West First Street Sumner Iowa 50674Voluntary non-profit - Private(563) 578-3275