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Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation

Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation's website

200 West 12th Street,
Lockwood MO 65682

(417) 232-4571

91.01% estimated occupancy ¹

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

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

Top Nursing Home in Missouri Awards 2019

Top Nursing Home in Missouri Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in Missouri Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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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.