Good Samaritan Society - International Falls

Care and services

From the community’s website

What Good Samaritan Society - International Falls says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.

• Provides transportation. Our comfortable, smoke-free apartments offer convenient services including utilities, internet, basic cable tv, maintenance, housekeeping, meal programs, central heat and air, emergency response systems and transportation. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
• Smoke-free. Our comfortable, smoke-free apartments offer convenient services including utilities, internet, basic cable tv, maintenance, housekeeping, meal programs, central heat and air, emergency response systems and transportation. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)

Staff pay and workplace safety

Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.

OSHA workplace safety inspections

OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.

• Jul 26, 2016: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Aug 26, 2016. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $350 proposed, $245 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 93536 - Evangelical Lutheran Good SMTN DBA Good SMTN Soc.
  Details

  • Other than serious: Floors and walking surfaces (slips, trips and falls) (1910.22(c)). Penalty $350 proposed, $245 now. To be fixed by Aug 25, 2016.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.

Location and nearby care

Nearest hospital with an emergency room

Rainy Lake Medical Center, International Falls. 13.1 miles away, straight line. Location approximate.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Littlefork Care Center, Littlefork. 13.9 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Aveanna Home Health, Hibbing. 83.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Ann Yapel, PharmD. 0.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 56649 as small town (small town core).

Hospice

3 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 56649.

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Phs Indian Hospital, Red Lake. 98.1 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.

Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.

Emergency and natural hazard risk

Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.

Flood zone

Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)

FEMA National Risk Index

Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively high, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)

A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.

What we checked

Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.