Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation is a small non-profit facility located in Lockwood, Missouri. With an overall grade of A, this is undoubtedly a superb facility. We were impressed enough to rank this nursing home as one of the 50 best facilities in Missouri. The best part of this facility's strong report card was its long-term care rating. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next section
Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No 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
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of long-term care. Facilities that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our next area, this nursing home was given a top-shelf short-term care score. In fact, it received a grade of A- in that area. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at 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.
Nurse Quality
In our final area, this facility also was given an excellent nursing grade, with a grade of B+. This rounded out a very favorable report card. Our nursing score includes a handful of data points, however, the main one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at 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 nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving a resident more frequently.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation, 3.39% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that experienced urinary tract infections. While more infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation, 20.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation, 4.19% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation, 88.53% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation, 14.79% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation, 14.68% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation, 1.7 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation, 14.68 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation, 11.55 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation, 72.81% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements.