Good Shepherd Home Raker Center

We also wanted to point out the fact that this nursing home earned near flawless inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. 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.

Compounding its top-shelf assessments in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A for our long-term care rating. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 88.71795 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat below what we expected but still a decent percentage. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, we were pleased to find place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

The next area we analyzed was short-term care. Contributing to its superb profile, this facility also excelled in that category. In fact, it received a of A in that area. Our short-term care scores are crucial for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

In our last category, this facility also was awarded a very strong nursing grade, with a grade of A. This wrapped up a straight A profile. We assessed the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses were with patients, in calculating our score in this area. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.