FutureCare at Good Samaritan is located in Baltimore, Maryland. This city is one of the most populated metropolitan areas in the country with has a population of 632,623 people. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B+. A grade in this range requires solid marks in most areas. You can definitely do much worse than this nursing home. The best part of this facility's report card was is its short-term care grade. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
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FutureCare at Good Samaritan
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility received a strong overall score as described above, but we especially wanted to note its excellent short-term care score. We gave them an A in this category. Our short-term care grades are presumably most important for patients needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we looked at in this category is the number of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in inspections, which is based on the facility's government inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that category. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
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Nurse Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. When determining a nursing home's nursing score, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed is long-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a B. This nursing home did not prove to have any noticeable weaknesses. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 87.21227 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat lower than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
FutureCare at Good Samaritan Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In FutureCare at Good Samaritan, 9.4% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In FutureCare at Good Samaritan, 2.56% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In FutureCare at Good Samaritan, 1.03% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who had a urinary tract infection. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In FutureCare at Good Samaritan, 10.19% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In FutureCare at Good Samaritan, 5.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In FutureCare at Good Samaritan, 12.86% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In FutureCare at Good Samaritan, 90.72% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In FutureCare at Good Samaritan, 26.15% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In FutureCare at Good Samaritan, 39.01% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility. Many would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In FutureCare at Good Samaritan, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In FutureCare at Good Samaritan, 39.01% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In FutureCare at Good Samaritan, 10.08% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In FutureCare at Good Samaritan, 66.36% of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some believe that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Baltimore, MD
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Hospitals
- Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.3 miles away5601 Loch Raven Boulevard Baltimore Maryland 21239Voluntary non-profit - Other(443) 444-3902
- Medstar Union Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.56 miles away201 East University Parkway Baltimore Maryland 21218Voluntary non-profit - Other(410) 554-2227
- University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.6 miles away7601 Osler Drive Towson Maryland 21204Voluntary non-profit - Private(410) 337-1000
- Greater Baltimore Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.39 miles away6701 North Charles Street Towson Maryland 21204Voluntary non-profit - Private(443) 849-2000
- Kennedy Krieger InstituteChildrens 4.19 miles away707 North Broadway Baltimore Maryland 21205Voluntary non-profit - Private(443) 923-9301
- Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreAcute Care Hospitals 4.2 miles away2401 West Belvedere Avenue Baltimore Maryland 21215Voluntary non-profit - Private(410) 601-5131
- Johns Hopkins Hospital, TheAcute Care Hospitals 4.25 miles away600 North Wolfe Street Baltimore Maryland 21287Voluntary non-profit - Private(410) 955-9540
- University of Md Medical Center Midtown CampusAcute Care Hospitals 4.52 miles away827 Linden Avenue Baltimore Maryland 21201Voluntary non-profit - Other(410) 225-8996
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Good Samaritan Dialysis0.22 miles away5601 Loch Raven Boulevard Baltimore Maryland 21239Dialysis Stations: 53 (443) 444-4099
- Fmc - Greater Baltimore0.73 miles away1104 Walters Avenue Baltimore Maryland 21239Dialysis Stations: 21 (410) 532-0389
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- Coldsprings Dialysis, LLC1.35 miles away4700 Hartford Road Baltimore Maryland 21214Dialysis Stations: 6 (443) 444-4907
- Davita Loch Raven Dialysis1.37 miles away5315 York Rd Baltimore Maryland 21212Dialysis Stations: 16 (410) 323-8790
- Bertha Sirk Dialysis Center1.47 miles away5820 York Rd Ste 10 Baltimore Maryland 21212Dialysis Stations: 16 (410) 532-9311
- Fresenius Medical Care Towson2.49 miles away7801 York Road, Ste. 150 Towson Maryland 21204Dialysis Stations: 16 (410) 321-0853
- Davita Union Memorial Dialysis2.62 miles away201 East University Parkway Baltimore Maryland 21218Dialysis Stations: 27 (410) 554-4535