Located in Windom, Minnesota, Good Samaritan Society - Windom is the only option located in the city. Featuring an overall grade of B+, this nursing home should work for most people. Based on our ratings, you can do much worse than this place. This place was stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Good Samaritan Society - Windom
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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 Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. The nursing score analyzes several factors, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place Minnesota in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving residents at least once a day.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best category turned out to be short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to grade a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation In order to have high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we rated is long-term care, where this facility was given a B-. Although this ended up being its lowest category grade, this is still not the end of the world. Long-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of nursing care. This means a vast range of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 99 percent of its patients. This facility also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society - Windom Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Samaritan Society - Windom, 6.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Samaritan Society - Windom, 4.21% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Samaritan Society - Windom, 2.83% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients who had a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Samaritan Society - Windom, 16.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for treating a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Samaritan Society - Windom, 12.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Samaritan Society - Windom, 4.58% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. Higher rates of depression may be a sign a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Samaritan Society - Windom, 93.31% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Samaritan Society - Windom, 13.09% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the erosion of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Samaritan Society - Windom, 18.07% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society - Windom, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Samaritan Society - Windom, 18.07 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Good Samaritan Society - Windom, 12.51 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Good Samaritan Society - Windom, 76.76% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Windom Area HealthCritical Access Hospitals 1.17 miles away2150 Hospital Drive, PO Box 339 Windom Minnesota 56101Government - Local(507) 831-2400
- Sanford Jackson Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 17.48 miles away1430 North Highway Jackson Minnesota 56143Voluntary non-profit - Private(507) 847-2420