Good Samaritan Society - Northwood

    400 W. Pleasant View Dr, Jasper, Indiana 47546
    • Independent Living
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.65·(66)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      4.2
    • Staff

      4.4
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      2.5
    • Value

      4.7

    Pros

    • Compassionate, resident-centered staff
    • Family-like community culture
    • Strong dementia-care programming
    • Engaging activities and pet therapy
    • Accessible staff and clear family communication
    • Safe, secure environment
    • Clean and well-maintained common areas
    • Brand-new or recently updated rooms in parts of the facility
    • Organized management and strong pandemic response
    • Responsive admissions coordination
    • Thorough staff background checks and training
    • Frequent family-oriented events

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and high turnover
    • Delays in responding to resident care needs
    • Inconsistent bathing and personal-care schedules
    • Gaps in sanitation and linen-management
    • Unreliable meal-service timing and food temperature
    • Supply shortages affecting care delivery
    • Weak fall-prevention and transfer-safety practices
    • Maintenance and building-infrastructure issues
    • Inadequate incident-resolution and family follow-up
    • Security of personal belongings

    Summary of reviews

    Reviewers express a split picture of care quality at this facility. Many families offer strong praise for the caregiving staff, describing them as compassionate, accessible, and family-focused; several reviewers specifically highlighted a positive dementia-care unit, thorough staff screening, and an organized pandemic response. At the same time, a subset of accounts describes substantive care-delivery problems that they say affected resident safety and well-being. These contrasting perspectives suggest the facility performs well in some units and circumstances but shows inconsistent performance in others.

    Staff: Positive commentary centers on dedicated, hardworking employees who create a family-like atmosphere and maintain good communication with families. Reviewers often referenced warm interactions, visible teamwork, and staff who facilitate social connections for residents. Negative accounts focus on operational staffing issues: understaffing, high turnover, and supervisory gaps were cited as contributors to delayed responses to resident needs and inconsistent attention from nursing and ancillary staff. These operational traits appear to correlate with the more serious care concerns described.

    Care quality and safety: Strengths include individualized attention in certain areas and active clinical oversight as noted by some families. Concerns include delays in attending to basic care needs (for example, missed baths or inconsistent toileting assistance), fall-related incidents necessitating emergency care, and gaps in fall-prevention or transfer practices. There are also allegations of theft and concerns about hydration and nutrition management raised in a few accounts; these are serious claims that would warrant direct follow-up and documentation by the facility or regulators.

    Dining and supplies: Reviewers provided mixed feedback on dining. Positive notes are limited; most operational praise centers on staff rather than the menu. Several accounts describe late or cold meals, a monotonous menu, and occasional supply shortages that affected meal service and resident comfort. Supply-chain limitations and equipment issues were listed as recurring logistical challenges in some reports.

    Activities and community life: Activity programming receives consistent positive feedback. Families and residents described regular social programming (cards, bingo), pet visits, and family events that support social connection. These offerings are often cited as a major contributor to the facility’s sense of community and resident well-being.

    Facilities and maintenance: Descriptions of the physical environment vary. Some reviewers praised recently completed build-outs and new rooms, calling parts of the facility clean and modern. Others described older or dated areas, maintenance problems (hot-water interruptions, plumbing issues), stained linens, and sanitation concerns in particular units. This suggests uneven facility condition across wings or floors rather than a uniform property-wide standard.

    Management and communication: Management receives mixed marks. Positive feedback includes effective admissions coordination, organized management in some instances, and transparent communication with families. Conversely, several reviewers reported unresolved complaint handling, concerns about the honesty or responsiveness of certain administrative staff (including social work), and instances where follow-up was lacking. Where management addressed issues promptly, families expressed high satisfaction; where follow-up was absent, dissatisfaction was strong.

    Notable patterns and recommendation: The dominant pattern is bifurcation: many reviewers describe genuinely caring staff, strong programming, and a welcoming environment, while a distinct set of accounts points to operational weaknesses—principally inconsistent staffing, lapses in routine care, dining and supply problems, and uneven facility upkeep. Prospective residents and their families should consider touring the specific unit of interest, asking about current staffing levels, turnover rates, fall-prevention protocols, incident-resolution procedures, laundry and sanitation practices, and how the facility documents and addresses allegations such as missing personal items and hydration/nutrition concerns. Documented follow-up on those topics will be especially important given the mix of very positive and concerning reports.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Good Samaritan Society - Northwood is located at 400 W. Pleasant View Dr, Jasper, Indiana, 47546.

    About Good Samaritan Society - Northwood

    Good Samaritan Society - Northwood Retirement Community sits in its own corner, working under the Good Samaritan Society's name, and folks say it stands out for offering different kinds of care, so you see independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, memory care, and even rehabilitation all in one place, and that makes life easier for people whose needs change over time. The community gets high marks, earning a 9.6 out of 10 for quality, and its residents can see video tours that show things clearly, which is useful for folks and their families. The staff is around 24/7 to help with anything from daily chores to more serious medical needs, and Northwood brings in companion staff right alongside specialists-there's Dr. Robert A. Ehrhard, MD, and a clinic and medical center on-site for checkups or treatments, and Heart to Heart Hospice provides care for those who need it at the end of life.

    The memory care unit stays secure and has special programs just for residents with Alzheimer's or other memory problems, and Northwood runs organized activities in social lounges and outside, with a pond and safe walking paths, so everyone can feel at home. Meals get served daily in the big dining room, and there's a whirlpool for relaxation or therapy, a wellness center where folks can keep up their strength, and an on-site chapel for spiritual gatherings, and if someone wants short-term help, they offer respite care as an option. The campus covers a lot, from nursing home services with added amenities to continuing care for people who need support as they grow older, and they even offer home care, so some services can reach outside the main buildings when needed.

    Northwood doesn't try to be fancy but focuses on comfort, safety, and making people feel included, with dedicated staff always around and a continuum of care that lets someone stay in one community even if their health changes. Family advisors are there if anyone needs advice about moving in, and the website gives information about the Good Samaritan Society and what Northwood offers. Tours are available for those wanting to look at the support and care before making a choice.

    People often ask...

    Good Samaritan Society - Northwood offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    Yes, Good Samaritan Society - Northwood allows residents to age in place and adjust their level of care as needed.

    The full address for this community is 400 W. Pleasant View Dr, Jasper, Indiana 47546.

    No, Good Samaritan Society - Northwood does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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