Having to find a nursing home for a loved one is never an easy decision or a decision that is easily accepted by the person needing the extra care that they need on a daily basis to not only survive but thrive as they get older in life. Add in a global pandemic and the choices and decisisions can be daunting at best and overwhelming at worst. My grandma and my uncle were past residents at the Inver Grove Heights Good Samaritan Society so I was already familiar with the layout and the rooms and the facility when it came time to find that next living situation for my mother last March. To me choosing a place with employees that truly care and enjoys not only what they do but who they take care of was top of my list and IGH-GS does exactly that. They truly treat their residents like family. I have witnessed my mother THRIVE under their care as well as make a whole slew of new friends!! Neither of those would have happened if she had been where she was previously! She is even to the point where she (sometimes grudgingly) admits that she is glad she made the move and loves having people to interact with who aren't her family!