Good Shepherd Services
607 Bronson Rd, Seymour WI 54165 · (920) 833-6856 · 77.59% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Good Shepherd Services is a senior living facility located in Seymour, Wisconsin. This city has a population of 7,539 people. It looks like this nursing home is among the highest-rated nursing homes we found. It received one of the highest scores we offer. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the United States. Headlining this place's stellar profile is its inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 50 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Our inspection grades are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate deficiency counts for this nursing home. Without having access to complete deficiency data for this facility, it was a challenge to really evaluate the place in this category.
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. Nursing ratings are largely based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This place boasts a really impressive 4.5 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, of which a significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing impressive levels of care, this place also excelled in several of the quality measures we looked at. With less than 5 percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility Wisconsin in this category. This is usually an indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls. Many pressure ulcers could be avoided by providing better nursing care and a policy of turning residents at least once a day.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed is short-term care. Adding to its strong profile, this facility also performed well in that area. In fact, it received a grade of of A- for that area. In crafting our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. One reason for this place's strong score in this category is it offers more care from registered nurses than a typical facility. The last measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 41.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the next area, this nursing home also excelled in the long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a B+ in this area. This rounded out a very impressive profile. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to providing very favorable levels of nurse staffing, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This percentage is also much better than the majority of nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this place keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Shepherd Services Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients that suffered a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better