Good Samaritan Society - St James

Care and services

From the community’s website

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

• Offers respite or short-term stays. Respite care (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
• Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers. Additionally, hospice care can be provided by an agency partner in the community. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
• Provides transportation. Scheduled local transportation services (in town – as available) (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
• Pets allowed. Our comfortable, pet-friendly apartments offer convenient services and amenities. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
• Apartment types named: studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom. We offer a variety of layouts including studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom options. (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.

• Feb 19, 2025: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Feb 21, 2025. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 108808 - Good Samaritan Society - St. James.
• Sep 26, 2022: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Apr 6, 2023. 1 violation cited (1 serious). Penalties: $1,050 proposed, $735 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 105141 - the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society DB.
  Details

  • Serious: Fall protection (1910.28(b)(1)(i)). Penalty $1,050 proposed, $735 now. To be fixed by Mar 1, 2023.

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

Mayo Clinic Health System St. James, St James. 1.2 miles away, straight line. Location approximate.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Living Meadows At Luther - Madelia, Madelia. 11.6 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Good Sam Society Home Care Of Sw Mn, Windom. 25.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Lewis Family Drug. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 56081 as rural (rural area).

Hospice

8 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 56081.

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Hutchinson Health, Hutchinson. 63.5 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 moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively moderate, 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.