Good Shepherd Village at Endwell

In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. Our nursing rating is based on a handful of factors, but the main one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning patients more often.

Adding to its impressive category grades, this nursing home also excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned an A. Not many nursing homes performed as well in this area. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies an imminent risk to resident safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

This nursing home also was given a first-rate short-term care score. In fact, this ended up being its third most impressive category score. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Our short-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 4.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

The final area we assessed was long-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility an acceptable grade of B-. This actually proved to be this nursing home's weakest area. For patients in need of a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated 65.76576 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is several points lower than the national average. Nevertheless, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.