Good Shepherd Home-Bethlehem

To pair with a favorable overall grade, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings are based on datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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.

We also awarded this facility a score of A+ for its long-term care grade. For prospective patients seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. Although we determined this nursing home has a favorable volume of nursing hours provided by aids and other nursing staff, we found its vaccination rate to be a bit low. It provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 90.79498 percent of its residents. This is a statistic we'd like to see this nursing home improve. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 2.19 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. Nursing scores are tied to nurse staffing levels. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident daily, of which a significant portion was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. This is one of the higher totals of nursing hours we found at any facility. In addition to offering impressive levels of nursing care, this nursing home also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. By way of illustration, it performed as well as any facility in the state when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We view these areas as reliable measures of the quality of nursing care being provided.

The final area we analyzed is short-term care, where this facility was awarded an A-. This completed a very favorable report card. Only a select few nursing homes earned an A- or better in every category. Short-term care ratings are critical for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.