Good Shepherd Care Center is an average-sized non-profit facility in Versailles, Missouri. This nursing home turns out to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. You could certainly do much worse than this facility. The best part of this nursing home's impressive report card was its inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next section
Good Shepherd Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is that it received a very impressive inspection rating. In fact, inspections turned out to be its best category grade. In this area, we gave this facility an A. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors 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.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's above average category scores came in the category of long-term care. We awarded them one of our more positive grades in that category, with a grade of B+. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 96.9163 percent of its residents, which is higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a middle of the pack score in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. Short-term care grades are typically employed to judge a facility's performance with rehabilitation To have highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must offer higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. It doesn't appear that this nursing home submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last statistic we considered in this category is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to our next area, this facility was given a B- in nursing, which is generally a respectable rating. There are a host of data points included in this area. Most of the factors are tied to nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a relatively low total compared with most other facilities. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Shepherd Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Shepherd Care Center, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Shepherd Care Center, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a fall which resulted in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Shepherd Care Center, 3.39% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Shepherd Care Center, 20.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This gauges the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Shepherd Care Center, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Shepherd Care Center, 4.19% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Shepherd Care Center, 88.53% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Shepherd Care Center, 14.79% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Shepherd Care Center, 14.68% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Good Shepherd Care Center, 1.7 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Shepherd Care Center, 14.68 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Good Shepherd Care Center, 11.55 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Good Shepherd Care Center, 72.81% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements.