Good Samaritan Society - Betty Dare

    3101 N Florida Ave, Alamogordo, NM 88310
    • 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
    • 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
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

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

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    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

    3.56·(77)

    Overall rating

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

      2.9
    • Staff

      3.1
    • Meals

      1.5
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and friendly direct-care staff
    • Skilled nursing and rehabilitation services (daily PT/OT available)
    • Attentive end-of-life and palliative support
    • Clean, odor-controlled common areas
    • Engaged administrator and management involvement
    • Consistent resident grooming and personal care
    • Welcoming reception and visitor greeting
    • Long-term resident satisfaction and continuity of care

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing and high staff workload
    • Inconsistent medication administration and clinical follow-up
    • Delays and poor responsiveness to resident calls
    • Maintenance and grounds-keeping deficiencies
    • Sanitation and cleanliness issues in some rooms and hallways
    • Variable food quality and disorganized meal service
    • Gaps in rehabilitation planning and therapy continuity
    • Frequent reliance on agency/travel staff with limited orientation
    • Reduced weekend staffing and service levels
    • Communication breakdowns with families and external providers
    • Laundry and personal-belongings handling problems
    • Safety-process gaps for fall-risk identification and room assignment

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews reflect a mixed experience at this facility. Many families and residents praised the direct-care staff for being compassionate, friendly, and attentive—particularly during end-of-life periods—and several accounts describe effective skilled-nursing rehabilitation when therapy was consistently provided. At the same time, recurring operational weaknesses were described that affect day-to-day care and the resident experience.

    Care quality and clinical oversight: Positive examples include skilled nursing and regular physical and occupational therapy for some residents, along with individualized end-of-life attention. However, a pattern of clinical-process concerns appears in other accounts: inconsistent medication administration timing, missed or delayed lab follow-through, infrequent physician visits, and gaps in formal rehabilitation planning. Reviewers expressed concern about skin integrity and monitoring, and about oxygen and other medical-supply continuity in some instances. These items together suggest variability in clinical oversight and record coordination.

    Staffing and staff conduct: The dominant operational theme is understaffing and high workload. Several reviews link delayed responses to call systems, long wait times for assistance, and poorer service on weekends to staffing shortages. There are reports of frequent use of agency or traveling nurses who may receive limited orientation to unit routines. Despite these system pressures, many individual caregivers and aides receive praise for caring interactions and for maintaining residents' personal appearance.

    Dining, activities, and ancillary services: Meal-service experience is inconsistent. Some families noted satisfactory meals, while others described disorganized meal distribution, limited hot-food options, insufficient monitoring of whether residents ate, and a prevalence of simple offerings such as sandwiches. Activity programming was identified as limited or minimal by multiple families, and transportation services were described as unreliable or unavailable in some accounts. Laundry handling and management of personal belongings were raised as recurrent concerns.

    Facilities, maintenance, and cleanliness: Physical-plant issues are a repeated theme: worn interiors, need for painting and repairs to walls, broken equipment (beds, wheelchairs), and inconsistent grounds maintenance. Sanitation and odor concerns in particular rooms or hallways were reported alongside praise for generally clean common areas in other accounts. Security and entry procedures were described as intermittent, and families recommended confirming reception and door-security arrangements during a visit.

    Management, communication, and notable patterns: Accounts describe mixed experiences with management responsiveness—some families cite an engaged administrator and helpful communication, while others describe poor communication, unanswered calls, and difficulty reaching staff. Weekend service levels and staffing variability are a notable pattern. There are also mentions of missing or mishandled belongings, which point to a need for stronger property management processes.

    Practical considerations for prospective families: The facility shows strengths in compassionate caregiving and the capacity for effective rehabilitation when staffing and clinical coordination are stable. However, operational inconsistencies—especially around staffing levels, medication timing, meal-service management, maintenance, and family communication—appear significant. Prospective residents and families should ask about current staffing ratios and weekend coverage, medication administration processes, rehabilitation plans and frequency, cleanliness and maintenance schedules, handling of personal belongings, and typical response times to call systems. A tour that checks resident rooms, dining service during a mealtime, therapy schedules, and shows documentation of clinical oversight can help assess whether the facility's current operations meet individual needs.

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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 - Betty Dare is located at 3101 N Florida Ave, Alamogordo, NM, 88310.

    About Good Samaritan Society - Betty Dare

    Good Samaritan Society - Betty Dare sits about 2.1 miles outside Alamogordo, New Mexico, at 3101 N Florida Ave, right where you can see the scenic views and soak in a tranquil setting, and the first thing you'll notice is they've got a retirement community set up for seniors with different needs, so folks can get assisted living, independent living, nursing home care, or specialized memory care without having to go far, and they've got skilled nursing for those who need help after surgery or who have long-term health conditions, and they work with occupational therapists too, which means if someone needs rehab therapy or help getting back on their feet, there's something in place. The staff provide high-quality care round-the-clock, and everything's set up to support comfort and day-to-day needs, whether someone's living with diabetes, incontinence, memory loss, or needs high acuity care, so you see, they've got services laid out for folks who are non-ambulatory or need special attention, including those living with Huntington's disease or needing men's behavioral care.

    You'll find both private and semiprivate units here, with a choice of studio room layouts and a handful of floor plans to match what folks prefer, and the apartments come with maintenance, housekeeping, and basic utilities included, so people can focus on other things. The dining program offers nutritious meals planned by chefs, and there are different meal programs, so residents don't have to worry about food, plus there are devotional activities, offsite trips, and a long list of ways to keep busy or socialize, like entertainment and neighborly get-togethers. There's a real focus on the sense of community, with common areas inside and out for people to gather, plus amenities you'd expect in a health club or a gym, and they've even got athletic club membership options for those interested, so staying active is simple. Transportation services are available for errands or for getting out to see the town, and the staff speaks English, so communication isn't an issue for most.

    Good Samaritan Society - Betty Dare falls under skilled nursing, assisted living, and personal care, and they offer rehabilitation, respite care, and memory care, so whether someone comes for long-term help or just needs a place to recover, they find what suits them here, and the environment feels friendly and supportive, like they're serious about making sure people feel comfortable and at home. The community rating for this place is 6.9 out of 10, which puts it as the 4th highest rated in Alamogordo, and the nursing home section holds a 2-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, so the information's pretty clear about where things stand. Good Samaritan Society - Betty Dare is part of the larger Good Samaritan Society organization, which is known for senior care, and they've got updated details online for those who want to know more.

    People often ask...

    Good Samaritan Society - Betty Dare offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 3101 N Florida Ave, Alamogordo, NM 88310.

    No, Good Samaritan Society - Betty Dare 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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