Good Samaritan Society - Hospice (Brainerd Lakes)

    24090 Smiley Rd Suite 201, Nisswa, MN 56468

    Compassionate reliable hospice in-home care

    They provided compassionate, coordinated in-home care that truly eased my loved one's hospice transition - warm, reliable staff who went above and beyond and were available nights and after hours. I'm deeply grateful and highly recommend them; the service was excellent, almost flawless.

    Loved one of client
    May 2026

    Services

    • Hospice Care

    Reviews

    4.20·(5)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Caregivers

      4.0
    • Communication

      3.0
    • Reliability

      5.0
    • Scheduling

      4.5
    • Value

    Pros

    • Compassionate, warm caregivers
    • Above-and-beyond service delivery
    • After-hours and night availability
    • Coordinated hospice collaboration
    • Reliable caregiver presence
    • Supportive hospice-transition assistance
    • High family satisfaction and recommendations

    Cons

    • Short nursing visit durations
    • Limited bereavement and post-death follow-up
    • Inconsistent end-of-life care coordination

    Summary of reviews

    Caregiver quality: Review content emphasizes a consistently compassionate, warm caregiving team that families describe as going above and beyond routine duties. Caregivers are portrayed as supportive during hospice transitions and helpful in meeting bedside needs, which appears to underpin high family satisfaction and positive recommendations.

    Communication and clinical oversight: The agency is credited with coordinating with hospice teams, suggesting effective inter-provider communication in many cases. However, there are operational gaps related to clinical visit depth: nursing visits are described as brief, and there are concerns about the comprehensiveness of end-of-life clinical follow-up. Prospective clients should clarify expected visit length and clinical scope when arranging care.

    Reliability, scheduling, and after-hours support: Reliability and availability are clear strengths in the feedback set. Families note dependable caregiver presence and explicit after-hours/night availability, which can be important for round-the-clock needs. Scheduling flexibility appears favorable from the descriptions, though the brief nature of some nursing visits may mean families need to confirm how shifts are structured for clinical versus personal-care tasks.

    Bereavement, post-death follow-up, and management patterns: A notable pattern in the reviews is the absence of post-death outreach and bereavement support in some cases. This indicates an agency-level gap in aftercare and family follow-up that prospective clients should investigate. The mixed signals — strong hands-on caregiving and coordination on one hand, and limited bereavement/post-death processes and short nurse visits on the other — suggest solid frontline staff performance paired with potential policy or programmatic weaknesses in end-of-life continuity and follow-up. Families seeking hospice-related services may want to ask management about formal bereavement programs, post-death communication protocols, and nursing visit policies to ensure expectations align with the agency's practices.

    Value and recommendations: Overall sentiment is positive, with expressions of gratitude and direct recommendations. While reviewers praise the personal attention and availability of caregivers, specific information about billing or cost/value tradeoffs is not present in these summaries; callers should request clear cost and service details when evaluating care options.

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    Good Samaritan Society - Hospice (Brainerd Lakes) is located at 24090 Smiley Rd Suite 201, Nisswa, MN 56468.

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