The home failed to create and carry out a timely plan to meet a new resident’s most immediate needs after admission. Cited March 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 655 — 42 CFR §483.21 — S/S: E
Nursing home report
GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND, SD · Medicare-certified · 45 beds
In good standing
Non-profitChain member
5 of 5 overall
5 out of 5 stars overall. Good Samaritan Society Scotland has a 5-star health inspection rating, 4-star quality measures, and 3-star staffing, with reported nurse staffing below the federal benchmark (3.14 vs 4.1 hours per resident per day) and no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.1381 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: March 27, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.1381.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.72
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.30
- Nurse aides
- 2.13
- Weekend nursing
- 2.72
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 50%
Registered nurse turnover: 50%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
7.6%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
6.1%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
3.2%Steady
Residents with a urinary tract infection
1.8%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
3.2%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
19.1%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
17.8%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
7.4%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
2.5%Improving
Residents with a long-term catheter
2.2%Worsening
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
21.4%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
4.9%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
97.3%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99.1%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
20%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
62.7%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited December 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to provide pharmacy services and a licensed pharmacist needed to meet each resident’s medication needs. Cited March 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 755 — 42 CFR §483.45 — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect by others. Cited January 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 600 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: D
The home failed to promptly report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and share the investigation results with the proper authorities. Cited January 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 609 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Part of GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY · 92 homes · 3 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 35 residents on an average day (78% of 45 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 30 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.