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Nursing Home · Stillwater, MN
1119 Owens Street North, Stillwater, MN 55082
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Medicare overall rating
3 / 5 stars
Inspection records →About this listing
Catalog updated Sep 1, 2026. Current services and availability are unconfirmed.
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Reported capacity: 50 beds. This is not the number of openings.
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Provides nursing care and help with daily activities. Some offer short-term rehabilitation.
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Good Samaritan Society - Stillwater has a middle-range Medicare overall rating. Strengths include compassionate and attentive nursing staff. Some reviewers note concerns about poor communication and lack of responsiveness from management (mentioned by 4 reviewers). Review the health-inspection, staffing, and quality-measure components separately, then visit in person.
Good Samaritan Society - Stillwater receives highly polarized feedback, with recent reviews highlighting compassionate care and effective rehabilitation, while older and some recent negative reviews cite severe lapses in medical oversight and communication. Families report significant inconsistencies in the quality of care, with some praising the staff's dedication and others describing dangerous neglect and poor administrative follow-through.
AI summaries of public opinions. These describe review sentiment, not verified care quality.
Reviews are split between high praise for compassionate care and reports of rude, disinterested, or inadequately trained staff.
Families consistently report vague communication and difficulty getting clear answers from staff or social work.
Reviewers have criticized the food for being cold and unappealing.
Multiple recent reviewers specifically praise the active and engaging program for residents.
Multiple reports of withheld medications and concerns regarding over-medication.
Concerns raised regarding unexpected billing issues long after discharge.
Scores range from 0 (negative) to 10 (positive). They are model interpretations of reviews and are not clinical, safety, or inspection ratings. Unmentioned topics are omitted.
Strengths
Concerns
Rating Trends
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Distribution · 27 analyzed
This facility rarely responds to reviews.
Key Review Excerpts
“The staff at Good Samaritan are always kind, supportive, and affirming.”
“Medically my Mother sat there with a UTI and blood in her stools for 15 days. She couldn't walk and they released her. She was back in the hospital within 20 hours of leaving this facility.”
“The staff was outstanding! They were highly experienced, friendly and helpful. Compared to other facilities we visited I was most impressed with the staff to patient ratio.”
Reported nursing hours are daily averages per resident. They do not describe a specific shift or guarantee one-to-one care.
Per resident, per day
Nurses and aides combined
Reported by Medicare
Registered nurses
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EveryPlace uses reference points of 0.75 registered-nurse hours and 4.1 total nursing hours per resident per day. These are comparison targets, not current federal minimum requirements or a determination that a facility meets a resident's needs.
Resident outcomes compared with national, state, and local averages · 17 measures
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Residents whose walking got worse
Residents on anti-anxiety or sleep medication
Residents whose bladder or bowel control got worse
Residents needing more daily help over time
Residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with depression symptoms
Highly dependent on how each facility screens and codes depressive symptoms, so it varies widely between facilities.
Short-stay residents vaccinated for pneumonia
Short-stay residents vaccinated for the flu
Short-stay residents newly given antipsychotics
US average from Medicare published data
Detailed Medicare record · up to 3-year lookback
This facility has concerning patterns with families filing complaint reports about medication errors and potential abuse issues. The main recurring problems involve safety hazards and accident prevention, medication management, and infection control. Most deficiencies from 2024 surveys were corrected, but several serious issues from the most recent 2026 survey remain uncorrected, including ongoing safety hazards and pressure ulcer care problems, suggesting persistent quality concerns.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Egress Deficiencies
Have horizontal exits used in accordance with safety requirements.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Good Samaritan Society - Stillwater
nonprofit
Good Samaritan Society
92 facilities nationwide
Chain avg rating: 3.0/5 · Rank 50 of 88
Owners
Sanford
Owner · Organization
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
Owner (parent company) · Organization
Fluit, Joel
Individual is an Owner, Partner or Trustee of Any Adp of the Snf
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