Good Samaritan Care Center

    403 W Main St, Cole Camp, MO 65325
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing
    4.2ยท21 reviews

    Clean, caring facility with activities

    I'm very pleased with this clean, well-run facility - the staff are cheerful, professional, and treated my grandmother like family, providing genuine care and very good food. They offer stimulating activities (mind games, chess), encourage participation, and outpatient therapy produced good results; reasonable rates make this a strong community asset.

    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
    • 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

    4.24ยท(21)

    Overall rating

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

      3.7
    • Staff

      3.6
    • Meals

      4.0
    • Amenities

      4.2
    • Value

      4.0

    Pros

    • clean, well-maintained environment
    • compassionate and friendly staff
    • personalized, family-like care
    • engaging activities and cognitive programs
    • encouragement of resident participation
    • effective outpatient therapy services
    • reasonable pricing and service value
    • well-regarded dining

    Cons

    • inconsistent family communication and bedside manner
    • incontinence-care delays and hygiene management gaps
    • pressure-injury prevention and wound-care gaps
    • variable staff responsiveness and timeliness of care
    • visitation-access inconsistencies
    • conflict-resolution and incident-handling weaknesses
    • quality variability across shifts or staff

    Summary of reviews

    The feedback presents a mixed but informative picture. Many accounts highlight a clean, well-maintained facility with a warm, friendly staff who provide personalized, family-like attention. Reviewers consistently describe meaningful activity programming โ€” including cognitive games and resident-driven social activities โ€” and note that residents are encouraged to participate. Physical-therapy and outpatient therapy services are singled out as effective, and dining receives generally positive remarks. Several families characterize the facility as a valued community resource with reasonable pricing for the services offered.

    Alongside the positive comments there are distinct operational concerns. A number of family accounts describe lapses in timely personal-care and hygiene support, including delayed assistance with continence needs and resulting sanitation concerns; these reports indicate a need for more reliable incontinence-care protocols and monitoring. Relatedly, there are concerns about pressure-injury prevention and wound-care follow-up that suggest gaps in clinical oversight or consistency in care plans.

    Communication and conduct are recurring themes. Some families experienced poor bedside manner, limited or unclear updates about resident status, and difficulties arranging or being granted visits. There are also reports of strained interactions between staff and family members, including at least one allegation involving an accusation against a visitor; these point to weaknesses in conflict resolution, visitor-management procedures, and staff training in family communication. Several comments imply variability in care quality across shifts, suggesting staffing or supervision inconsistencies that affect responsiveness and timeliness.

    For prospective residents and families: the facility shows clear strengths in cleanliness, engagement, therapy services, and a culture of friendly staff-resident interactions. When touring, ask targeted questions about continence and wound-care protocols, staffing levels by shift, family-communication practices, visitation policies, and how incidents or family concerns are investigated and resolved. Request recent inspection reports and examples of care-plan consistency across shifts to better assess whether the facilityโ€™s operational practices align with the positive aspects many families describe.

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    Medicare Ratings

    5ยท/ 5
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    Location

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    Good Samaritan Care Center is located at 403 W Main St, Cole Camp, MO, 65325.

    About Good Samaritan Care Center

    Good Samaritan Care Center, also called Good Samaritan Nursing Home, sits under the operation of Purple Door, LLC, and has been serving seniors for many years with a range of care options like assisted living, independent living, memory care, continuing care, and even hospice and respite services if someone needs those, and the place tries to keep things comfortable and safe for everyone, even folks living with disabilities or certain diseases. The community has a dedicated team of senior care advocates who answer questions and help families or visitors schedule tours online, so people can actually come see the facilities, meet the staff which includes R.N.s, L.P.N.s, Certified Medication Technicians, Nurse Assistants, On-Call Physicians, a Dietitian, Social Services Director, and Activities Director, and you'll see everyone during a visit making the place run smoothly, with these tours letting folks try out community life for themselves and making things feel a bit more like home. There are care services shaped around each resident's needs, including Alzheimer's care, physical, occupational, and speech therapy from Paul Chang & Associates, and around-the-clock personal and medical care, plus weekly meetings to set up and review everyone's care plans with the resident and family being included too, and that's something a lot of folks appreciate. The building expanded in 2003, so now there's a large activity room, an area for families, and the original older side got remodeled in 2010 to improve dining spaces, halls, and resident areas, which helps keep things welcoming and up to date without losing the homey feel, and all rooms come with basic cable TV for comfort, and there are outdoor and indoor sitting spaces for visiting, playing cards, or having a chat. Good Samaritan Care Center also offers a beauty salon right on site, run by a licensed beautician, so getting a haircut or style doesn't mean leaving the community, and cleaning is all handled by the caregivers, so the environment stays tidy and easy to live in, with meals made by a dietary department for health and taste. Activities play a big part here, with weekly games like bingo, arts and crafts, cooking classes, live music, field trips, pitch, toss-off, high roller, and sometimes outings to the fair or barbecues, and they also hold Family Nights for residents and loved ones to enjoy food and entertainment together, plus community events, fundraisers, and other gatherings that help people stay connected. For doctor or hospital visits, van trips are arranged at a small cost, and outside specialists like podiatry, vision care, psychiatry, x-ray, and lab services come to the facility as needed, so a lot of needs get taken care of on site. Memory care and hospice programs offer compassionate end-of-life care, and the team works to make sure everybody feels supported, with activities and spaces for visitors and residents to spend time together.

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

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    The full address for this community is 403 W Main St, Cole Camp, MO 65325.

    No, Good Samaritan Care 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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