Good Shepherd Home-Bethlehem
2855 Schoenersville Road, Bethlehem PA 18017 · (610) 807-5600 · 99.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Good Shepherd Home-Bethlehem is one of seven nursing homes located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Featuring an overall score of A+, this nursing home is undoubtedly a world class facility. You really can not do any better than this nursing home. This also ended up being a very consistent nursing home with consistently strong grades in all four of our categories. More information about its category grades is available below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in our inspections category, where it earned an A+. Very few nursing homes fared as well in this category. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, this nursing home received superb marks in the category of long-term care. Consequently, it received one of our most impressive grades in that area with a grade of A+. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of very favorable nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination data is top notch as well. In fact, it vaccinated 98.33333 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. With 1.96 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home was close to average in this area.
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. When determining our nursing scores, we assess both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provided 5.5 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This was one of the better figures we found. In addition, we found that a significant percentage of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. These are both really impressive figures. In addition to offering impressive levels of care, this nursing home also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. By way of illustration, it performed as well as any nursing home in the country in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as good measures of the quality of nursing care offered.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the next area, this facility also excelled in the short-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A for that area. This rounded out truly elite profile. Our short-term care grade is often used to judge a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to offer highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This nursing home provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Shepherd Home-Bethlehem Quality Metrics
Minimizes 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.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that sustained UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents which are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better