Goshen Healthcare Community
2009 Laramie Street, Torrington WY 82240 · (307) 532-4038 · 87.96% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Goshen Healthcare Community is located in Torrington, Wyoming. This city has a total of 10,235 people. This is a great nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very good rating. We rated this nursing home in the top 25 facilities in Wyoming. Fortunately, this place didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 103 Beds
CCRC :
Government - County
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
This nursing home received a strong overall grade as discussed above, but we especially wanted to point out its excellent nursing rating. We gave them a grade of A in this category. The nursing rating analyzes several datapoints, however, the main one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided 3.6 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 nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning patients at least once a day.
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize this nursing home's nearly flawless inspections recently. We gave them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our inspection grades are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent government inspections. Nursing homes that excel in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded was long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a decent grade of B-. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. This nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.9 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we scored is short-term care. This facility received a better than average short-term care score in our assessment, with a grade of B-. Although this was not as dominant as a few of its other grades, this is nevertheless a respectable rating for that area. Short-term care grades are commonly used to judge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To have highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that just 29.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. This figure is below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Goshen Healthcare Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better