Good Samaritan Society - Waconia and Westview Acre
A nursing home in Waconia, Minnesota 55387
333 Fifth Street West, Waconia, Minnesota 55387. (952) 442-5111.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 1of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 17 health citations at the latest inspection cycle Minnesota average: 7.2
- 4.07 nurse hours per resident per day Minnesota average: 4.27
- 1 fine in the last three years (needs attention)
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean8
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Scope and severity (A to L)
- CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
- Nurse staffing hours
- The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
- Fines and payment denials
- A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
- Immediate jeopardy
- CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
17 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The Minnesota average is 7.2.
Last standard inspection Mar 26, 2026.
Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J), at a complaint inspection on May 12, 2026
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
47 citations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
All 47 citations in the last three years
Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7)., from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 19 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
May 12, 2026: complaint inspection2 citations
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Mar 26, 2026: standard inspection15 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
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Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident’s personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
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Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident’s needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
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Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident’s needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
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Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident’s most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
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Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
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Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Jul 24, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
May 27, 2025: standard inspection7 citations
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Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
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Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
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Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
May 27, 2025: standard and complaint inspection10 citations
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Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident’s needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident’s ability to function.
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
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Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
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Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident’s most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
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Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
May 27, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Post nurse staffing information every day.
Feb 27, 2025: complaint inspection3 citations
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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Provide appropriate foot care.
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Oct 1, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations
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Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Aug 15, 2024: standard inspection6 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Jan 4, 1980.
- Not on CMS’s special focus list.
- No abuse icon from CMS.
- No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
- CMS lists its ownership as non profit, corporation.
- 75 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- 1 fine in the last three years, $27,378 in all.
- No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
- 19 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | Kind | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | Fine | $27,378 |
Who does the caring?
4.07 nurse hours per resident per day
The Minnesota average is 4.27.
CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | This home | Minnesota average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 4.07 | 4.27 |
| Of which registered nurses | 1.31 | 1.08 |
| At weekends | 3.54 | 3.73 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 54.8% | 42.1% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 65.4% | 39.3% |
| Administrators who left | 2 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Sanford owns 100% directly since Jan 1, 2019.
- 58 owners or officers are people: Mark Allen Lundeen (corporate director, 0%); Mark Allen Lundeen (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Marnie Lynn Ventling-Herrmann (corporate director, 0%); Marnie Lynn Ventling-Herrmann (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Tony Lee Morrison (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Tony Lee Morrison (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Brent Gerard Teiken (corporate director, 0%); Brent Gerard Teiken (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Joel Adam Fluit (corporate officer, 0%); Joel Adam Fluit (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Dana James Dykhouse (corporate director, 0%); Dana James Dykhouse (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Andrew Stewart North (corporate director, 0%); Andrew Stewart North (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Aimee Nicole Middleton (corporate officer, 0%); Aimee Nicole Middleton (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Stephanie Marie Herseth Sandlin (corporate director, 0%); Stephanie Marie Herseth Sandlin (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Alyssa Giwojna (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Alyssa Giwojna (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); William Joseph Gassen (corporate officer, 0%); William Joseph Gassen (corporate director, 0%); William Joseph Gassen (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); George Joseph Brown (corporate director, 0%); George Joseph Brown (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Tara Lynn Mcmichael (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Tara Lynn Mcmichael (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Wesley Owen Engbrecht (corporate director, 0%); Wesley Owen Engbrecht (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Maureen Patricia Mccausland (corporate director, 0%); Maureen Patricia Mccausland (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Nathan Thomas Schema (corporate officer, 0%); Nathan Thomas Schema (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Thomas Richard Wenzel (corporate director, 0%); Thomas Richard Wenzel (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); David Jonathan Shulkin (corporate director, 0%); David Jonathan Shulkin (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Deeandra Dawn Sandgren (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Deeandra Dawn Sandgren (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Neil Leslie Gulsvig (corporate director, 0%); Neil Leslie Gulsvig (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Kevin Victor Schieffer (corporate director, 0%); Kevin Victor Schieffer (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Lauris Nelson Molbert (corporate director, 0%); Lauris Nelson Molbert (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Nicholas Wayne Olson (corporate officer, 0%); Nicholas Wayne Olson (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
- Part of Good Samaritan Society (92 homes in CMS’s data).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jan 1, 2019 |
| Sanford | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Jan 1, 2019 |
| The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Jan 1, 2019 | |
| Focusone Solutions | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Mar 4, 2024 | |
| Dtn Staffing Inc. | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| Grape Tree Medical Staffing LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Apr 13, 2018 | |
| Sanford | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Jan 1, 2019 | |
| Pharmerica Corporation | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Feb 1, 2025 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 3 of 5 (Minnesota average 3.2).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| Staffing | 4 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 15.4 miles, this one had the 1st most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (17; the middle value was 6.5).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Good Samaritan Society - Waconia and Westview Acre This nursing home | 17 | |
| Auburn Home in Waconia | 0.3 | 6 |
| Lake Minnetonka Shores | 9.8 | 2 |
| Auburn Manor | 10.2 | 7 |
| Haven Homes of Maple Plain | 11.7 | 0 |
| The Estates at Excelsior LLC | 12.1 | 12 |
| Shakopee Friendship Manor | 12.6 | 7 |
| The Estates at Delano LLC | 13.4 | 3 |
| St Gertrudes Health & Rehabilitation Center | 15.1 | 13 |
| Hope Springs at Minnetonka | 15.3 | 5 |
| The Lutheran Home: Belle Plaine | 15.3 | 5 |
| The Gardens at Winsted LLC | 15.4 | 10 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
- Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
- CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
- Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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