Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm

Services and Housing Options

Nursing Home, Respite, Rehabilitation

Estimated Pricing

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Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Comm Description

The Good Samaritan Society is dedicated to delivering exceptional service, tenderhearted attention and a plethora of features that guarantee our residents an enjoyable, meaningful existence custom-made for their requirements. We embrace the notion that healing encompasses not only physical restoration, but also emotional and spiritual well-being. At our facility, we strive to offer personalized rehabilitation services of the highest caliber coupled with a genuine warmth from all members of staff. We understand that this is a trying period for you and will do our utmost to ensure your brief stay with us for therapy is as pleasant an experience as it can be.

Ranking

Ranking in City: 1 out of 2 communities in Jasonville

Ranking in State: 106 out of 693 communities in IN

Services

Good Samaritan Society - Shakamak Retirement Community provides a variety of services for its residents. They offer Respite Care for those needing short-term care, as well as Rehabilitation Therapy for both inpatient and outpatient services. Long-term Care is also available, providing around-the-clock assistance to those who need it. The staff at Good Samaritan Society - Shakamak Retirement Community are dedicated to providing quality care and services to their residents.

Health

Amenities

Information from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

This nursing community has been given an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars by The Center for Medicare and Medicaid receiving 2 stars on its health inspection, 2 stars on its quality measures rating, and 3 stars on its staffing rating. Within the quality measure rating, each facility is given a short-stay rating and a long-stay rating. This facility received a 3-star short-stay rating and a 2-star long-stay rating. This nursing home is certified by Medicare and Medicaid and was first approved to provide Medicare and Medicaid services on 07/15/87 and is run by a non profit organization. It is a large-sized nursing community with 60 nursing beds. Currently, there are 32 residents within the nursing community. Be advised these resident occupancy numbers are not always up to date and are collected from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services website periodically.

Alerts from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

This facility has been given 1 fine by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for a total of $17,013.75. The facility has had 5 substantiated complaints reported in the last 3 years that resulted in a citation.

Overall Ratings

The Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Community is a nursing home that unfortunately falls into the lower echelon of such facilities in several categories. With a 2-star overall rating, this places it in the bottom 40% of nursing homes, a score that is also below the state average. A closer look at subcategories provides further insight - its 2-star health inspection rating is the second lowest possible, placing it again in the bottom 40% of facilities and below the state average. In terms of quality rating, it holds another 2-star score, which is alarmingly situated in the bottom 20% of all facilities and is also lower than the state's average. These metrics indicate several areas for potential improvement at the Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Community.

Staff Ratings

The Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Community is a nursing home that stands out in terms of quality staffing. It ranks in the top 40% of facilities regarding nursing aid staffing hours, with 2.39 hours per resident per day — a value higher than the state average of 2.18 hours. However, the facility falls into the bottom half for LPN staffing hours, despite providing 0.82 hours per resident per day, which is slightly above the state's 0.81 hours. In terms of RN staffing hours per resident per day, the home is again in the top 40% of facilities, offering 0.73 hours daily, a value greater than the state average of 0.64 hours. The home also surpasses the state's average licensed staffing hours of 1.44 by providing 1.54 hours per resident daily, positioning it once more amongst the top 40% of facilities. Moreover, it shines in the area of physical therapy by offering 0.1 hours of physical therapist staffing hours per resident per day, which exceed the state's average of 0.06, placing the home in the top 30% of facilities.

Covid Data

The Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Community sets a high standard for healthcare in terms of their vaccine rates. It ranks in the top 40% of nursing homes nationwide regarding residents' up-to-date vaccination rates, notably surpassing the state average with a striking rate of 77.8% in comparison to the state's 59.3%. Additionally, the facility excels in staff vaccination, proudly standing in the top 10% of nursing homes. Their staff vaccination rate is considerably higher than the state average, boasting a rate of 72.1%, which is significantly above the state staff average of 19.1%. The Shakamak Retirement Community's commitment to vaccination is a testament to their dedication to maintaining a safe and healthy environment for both residents and employees.

Emergency and Hospitalization Quality Measures

The Good Samaritan Society Shakamak Retirement Community, a nursing home located in the Shakamak region, demonstrates some concerning statistics in terms of care outcomes for residents. The facility falls within the lower 40% of nursing homes due to having a hospitalization rate of 1.91 per 1000 days, which is markedly higher than the state's average rate of 1.63 per 1000 days, indicating a higher frequency of hospitalizations here. Furthermore, it is also in the bottom 30% of establishments due to its rate of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 days standing at 1.61, significantly greater than the state's average of 1.21. In terms of short-stay residents requiring outpatient emergency department visits, they are in the worst 10%, with a rate of 21.96%, also surpassing the state's average of 12.13%. However, on a positive note, Shakamak Retirement Community excels in one aspect, falling within the top 10% of facilities for the lower percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission, which stands at only 9.32%, significantly lower than the state's average of 21.97%.

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