Good Shepherd Village

Although we were not complementary of this facility's overall performance, it actually received an impressive inspection report this year with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a grade of B. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid nursing homes with a bunch of deficiencies flagged. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is not a bad score. Nursing ratings are largely tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a low total compared to most other nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it scored well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.

This facility's next highest category was short-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a B-. With our short-term care score, we endeavor to craft a fair gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess a nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The tricky part is determining what bearing this had on the quality of care. The last metric we assessed in this area is the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Switching gears to our fourth category, this facility really didn't fare very well in this category either. Due to an abysmal grade of F in long-term care, this is about as terrible as it gets. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means the nursing home did not perform well in our quality measures relating to resident care. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home provided the vaccine to just 44.978165 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.