The home failed to provide enough nursing staff each day and ensure a licensed nurse was in charge on every shift. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 725 — 42 CFR §483.35 — S/S: E
Nursing home report
GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY - PARK RIVER
PARK RIVER, ND · Medicare-certified · 44 beds
Needs attention
Non-profitChain member
Data as of September 1, 2026
2 of 5 overall
Good Samaritan Society - Park River has a 2-star overall rating, with 2 stars for health inspections and quality measures but 4 stars for staffing. It has a recent federal penalty, $27,417 in fines over the last 24 months, and reported nurse staffing of 3.02 hours per resident day, below the federal benchmark of 4.1.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.0194 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: December 4, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $27,417recent federal penalty
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.0194.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.70
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.45
- Nurse aides
- 1.87
- Weekend nursing
- 2.51
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 47%
Registered nurse turnover: 36%
Resident outcomes
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Negative outcomes
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
17.2%26.7%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
2.6%2.5%No change
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
8%7%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0%0%No change
Residents who lost too much weight
35.3%17.6%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%0%No change
Residents needing more help with daily activities
6.5%19.4%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
—20.7%—
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
11.1%24.3%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
—13%—
Residents with a long-term catheter
4.9%2.3%Improving
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
20.3%30.1%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
5.6%0%Improving
Positive outcomes
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
—100%—
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%100%No change
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
—80%—
What the inspectors found
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to make sure each resident got an accurate assessment of their needs and condition. Cited July 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 641 — 42 CFR §483.20(g) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited March 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited June 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
Recent history
- PENALTY
A federal fine of $27,417 was recorded.
- PENALTY
A federal fine of $42,181 was recorded.
- PENALTY
A federal fine of $26,685 was recorded.
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
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Penalties & enforcement
On record with Medicare: 1 fine · $27,417 in total fines.
- $27,417
Federal fine
Jan 14, 2026
Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Part of GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY · 92 homes · 3.1 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 42.8 residents on an average day (97% of 44 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 42 years
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.