National Labor Relations Board v. Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society D/B/A Eugene Good Samaritan Center

The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society does business in Oregon as the Eugene Good Samaritan Center, a facility which is a “Non-Profit Center for Retired People,” and is licensed by the State of Oregon as a 118-bed “Nursing home and a 30-bed Convalescent Hospital.”

The Center is licensed under Medicare, as “an extended care facility.” One of seven one story buildings, denominated “Wing 700,” is recognized as “the extended care facility,” usually housing 20 or less residents (out of the usual 20-130 residents of all wings): The 20 usually come from a hospital, and after recuperation, either go home or go to the nursing home area.

The Center has no laboratory, no doctors, and no portable x-ray facilities on the premises; no acutely ill or injured persons are allowed on the premises; nor any surgical or maternity patients. No physician is provided by the Center for any resident; each resident makes his own arrangements for his own personal physician. The Center is administered by the Reverend Frederick Juilfs, and an office manager, one Director of Nursing, one Supervising Registered Nurse, and three additional registered nurses. (These supervise licensed practical…