Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home
Meets baseline Medicare standards with room for improvement. A tour and talking to current residents' families is the best next step.
based on 35 Google reviews

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What this means for your family
While some families report satisfaction with long-term care, the facility faces consistent, serious allegations regarding understaffing and poor management. We strongly advise families to conduct an unannounced visit to inspect cleanliness and observe staff-to-resident ratios before making a decision.
Google Reviews
Google Reviews
35 reviews on Google“Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home receives highly polarized feedback, with some families praising the dedicated care while many others report severe neglect, poor communication, and unprofessional management. Common complaints include chronic understaffing, lack of cleanliness, and staff who are described as dismissive or combative toward families and residents.”
Quality Themes
Tap a score for detailsStrengths
- Some staff members described as kind and dedicated
- Long-term care support for specific residents
- Home-like atmosphere for some families
Concerns
- Chronic understaffing leading to poor patient care (mentioned by 4 reviewers)
- Unprofessional or dismissive management and administrative staff (mentioned by 5 reviewers)
- Poor facility cleanliness and hygiene standards (mentioned by 3 reviewers)
- Lack of communication with families regarding patient status (mentioned by 3 reviewers)
Rating Trends
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Distribution · 33 analyzed
How They Respond to Reviews
Questions for Your Tour
- 1Given the current staffing levels, what specific protocols are in place to ensure that residents receive timely assistance with daily hygiene and call-light responses?
- 2I noticed concerns regarding communication; what is your standard process for keeping families updated on a resident's health status and any changes in their care plan?
- 3How does the management team foster a supportive environment for staff, and what steps are you taking to improve consistency in care delivery?
- 4Can you walk me through the daily activity schedule and explain how you ensure residents are encouraged to participate in social engagement?
- 5What are your current procedures for medication management and oversight to ensure accuracy and safety for all residents?
- 6Could you show me your current cleaning schedule and explain how you maintain hygiene standards throughout the facility, especially in common dining and living areas?
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Key Review Excerpts
“The management is so bad they don’t care about the resdient and the building is dirty the housekeeping doesn’t clean the rooms dust everywhere in the building.”
“Staff was actually very nice but way overworked. There was one nurse on the floor for almost 60 patients.”
“I am very pleased with the care my brother is receiving at Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home. They have helped him so much, and I am very thankful and appreciate everything which have been done for him.”
Staffing
Staffing Hours
per resident/day · Medicare 2026Total nursing hours are below minimum, though RN coverage is adequate. This may mean fewer aides for daily tasks like bathing and mobility.
Quality Measures
Quality Measures
Resident outcomes compared with national, state, and local averages · 17 measures
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Residents needing more daily help over time
Residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents on anti-anxiety or sleep medication
Residents whose walking got worse
Residents with depression symptoms
Highly dependent on how each facility screens and codes depressive symptoms, so it varies widely between facilities.
Residents with pressure sores (bedsores)
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
Inspection History
Medicare Inspection History
3-year lookback · Medicare 2026
Families have filed multiple complaints against this facility, triggering 22 deficiencies across surveys. The most concerning pattern involves recurring issues with care planning, safety hazards, and medication management that appear across multiple inspections. Recent complaints in 2025 and 2024 centered on abuse reporting and accident prevention, though most deficiencies show correction dates, suggesting the facility addresses problems when identified.
Apr 21, 2025Complaint3
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Mar 20, 2024Routine3
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Services Deficiencies
Have elevators that firefighters can control in the event of a fire.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Mar 20, 2024Complaint19
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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 drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Administration Deficiencies
Provide or obtain x-rays/tests when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
Administration Deficiencies
Ensure the facility is licensed under applicable State and local law and operates and provides services in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Environmental Deficiencies
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Nov 9, 2022Routine26
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Administration Deficiencies
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Emergency Preparedness Deficiencies
Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).
Emergency Preparedness Deficiencies
Address patient/client population and determine types of services needed.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Administration Deficiencies
Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
Administration Deficiencies
Provide timely, approved x-ray services, or have an agreement with an approved provider to obtain them.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Mar 12, 2020Routine6
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Federal Penalties
Fine
Apr 21, 2025
$12,048
Fine
Mar 20, 2024
$85,378
Ownership & Operations
Who Operates This Facility
Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home
nonprofit
Ownership & Management
Owners
Nash, Steve
Owner
Key personnel
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References & Resources
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