Good Samaritan Home and Rehabilitative Center

    231 N Jackson St, Oakland City, IN 47660
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Grateful for compassionate, attentive care

    I'm very satisfied with The Cottage - it feels like home, the compassionate staff truly treat residents like family, and the memory care and rehab teams provide attentive, high-quality, personalized care. Activities keep minds engaged, communication and photo updates are consistent, and I'm grateful for the patient, kind caregivers - special thanks to Clint F. and Jennifer M.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 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

    Memory care community services

    • Mild cognitive impairment
    • Specialized memory care programming

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    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

    4.10·(49)

    Overall rating

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

      3.7
    • Staff

      4.1
    • Meals

      2.5
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, attentive caregiving staff
    • Strong rehabilitation and therapy services
    • Personalized family communication and photo updates
    • Engaging activities and social programming
    • Homelike, family-oriented memory-care environment
    • Coordination with physicians and adherence to medical orders
    • Supportive admissions and intake assistance
    • Comfortable, well-maintained resident rooms and common areas

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels
    • Variable care quality and responsiveness
    • Sanitation and odor concerns in some areas
    • Incontinence-care delays and irregular hygiene scheduling
    • Wound-prevention and skin-care shortcomings
    • Variable food quality and portion consistency
    • Gaps in clinical-incident response and family communication
    • Management professionalism and communication gaps
    • Employee-relations and claims-handling concerns
    • Outdated facility infrastructure and finishes

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews for this nursing and rehabilitation center are highly mixed, producing a polarized picture. Many families and residents describe a warm, family-like culture driven by a core of committed caregivers and an effective therapy team; others report operational shortcomings that raise concerns about consistency of care, cleanliness, and administrative responsiveness. These patterns suggest the facility can provide strong short-term rehabilitation and attentive long-term support for some residents, while also presenting variability that warrants close evaluation by prospective families.

    Care quality and staff: A recurring strength is the interpersonal quality of direct-care staff. Numerous comments praise compassionate CNAs, nurses, and therapy personnel who provide personalized attention, frequent updates, and emotional support. Several reviewers singled out specific employees for exceptional care and said clinical orders were followed and medical needs were met. At the same time, other accounts describe inconsistent responsiveness, delays in routine hygiene and toileting care, and concerns about skin-care and wound prevention. Staffing variability appears to be a central driver of this inconsistency: when staffing and supervision are adequate, families note good outcomes; when staffing falls short, delays and care-quality lapses are more likely.

    Rehabilitation and therapy: Rehabilitation services are commonly cited as a core strength. Reviewers frequently describe an effective, teamwork-oriented therapy department that produced positive short-term rehab outcomes and good communication about progress. There are, however, comments about inconsistent therapy follow-through in isolated cases, which suggests that therapy results may depend on individual care plans and staff continuity.

    Dining and activities: Opinions on dining are mixed. Some residents enjoyed the meals and portioning, while others described small portions and inconsistent food quality. Activities and social programming receive consistently positive feedback—families report meaningful engagement, a range of activities, and a generally homelike atmosphere in communal and memory-care areas. These programming strengths are often described as improving resident quality of life and social connection.

    Facilities and cleanliness: Several reviewers appreciate comfortable resident rooms and a homelike memory-care cottage. Conversely, some reviews raise sanitation and odor concerns in certain areas and characterize the facility as outdated in places. These comments point to uneven environmental upkeep and maintenance priorities across the campus rather than a uniformly modern or uniformly neglected facility.

    Management and administrative concerns: Management impressions are polarized. Some families commend admissions staff and local management for being communicative and helpful. Other reviews criticize administrative professionalism and communication tone, and describe disputes over placement decisions, insurance coverage, and employee-claims handling. There are also a small number of serious allegations, including concerns following a resident's death and injuries during care; these assertions are not presented as systemic proof but highlight the need for careful review of incident history and regulatory records.

    Notable patterns and recommendations: The facility shows clear strengths in compassionate caregiving, rehabilitation capability, family communication, and activity programming. Counterbalancing those strengths are recurring operational issues: inconsistent staffing, variable sanitation and hygiene practices, food-quality variability, and occasional management and employee-relations problems. Prospective residents and families should consider in-person tours, review recent inspection and incident records, meet therapy and nursing leaders, and ask specific questions about staffing ratios, skin-care/wound-prevention protocols, and incident-notification procedures to determine whether the facility’s current practices align with their needs.

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    Medicare Ratings

    5·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

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    Good Samaritan Home and Rehabilitative Center is located at 231 N Jackson St, Oakland City, IN, 47660.

    About Good Samaritan Home and Rehabilitative Center

    Good Samaritan Home and Rehabilitative Center sits in Oakland City, Indiana, close to little shops and main roads like SR 57, SR 64, and I-69, and the building always has staff on site, making sure care runs day and night, with people around who have years of training in senior care and take time to know each person and family. The staff turnover here stays low, helping people get to know each other and build trust, while nurses, doctors, therapists, aides, and even social workers work together to give care that fits what each person needs. The staff lets residents stay in the know about their care, and families say the team feels like part of the family too.

    Residents find rooms with internet, cable, and free WiFi, so they can keep up with friends or watch favorite shows, and all rooms and common areas get cleaned often as part of a steady policy to keep things tidy. The patio and gardens give people spots to be outside, and the whole place feels a bit like a small-town neighborhood, where guests can park nearby and visitors often mention feeling welcome right away. The community offers activities, and people here can join a resident musical group, play games during game nights, or join in on story time and crafts, along with watching TV together in shared spaces. There's help for laundry and even dry cleaning right onsite, plus fresh linens and regular meals served in a dining area that brings people together. For those who want it, room service is an option.

    Many services focus on physical and mental health, with programs set up to boost strength, independence, and overall quality of life, whether someone stays just for a short time after an illness or surgery, or calls the center home for the long term. The "Road to Recovery" program gets started within the first 72 hours after someone comes in, bringing doctors and other care experts together to make a plan for getting better and going home when ready. There's also outpatient therapy, with ideas that come from research and real practice, aiming to help people move and feel better. The center gives skilled nursing, medication help, wound care, fall prevention, and even walking and mobility support, plus memory care with a trained staff for those with Alzheimer's and dementia, including alarms and secure outdoor areas.

    This place tries to build a safe and peaceful feeling, with staff who focus on simple kindness, comfort, and respect, whether care is for everyday needs, help with memory, or even support during tougher times like serious illness, with hospice and palliative care, pain relief, spiritual and emotional help. The center's respite care offers a break for family caregivers, letting loved ones stay short or long term, and people often talk about the cheerful and calm feeling throughout the building. Meals, crafts, music, and faith services happen onsite, helping keep up a sense of community and support. Good Samaritan Home and Rehabilitative Center covers many needs for people in their later years, doing its work with a gentle touch and a steady hand.

    People often ask...

    Good Samaritan Home and Rehabilitative Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 231 N Jackson St, Oakland City, IN 47660.

    No, Good Samaritan Home and Rehabilitative Center 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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