From 1 posting, the employer’s site and nurse reviews · Employer research Aug 17, 2026Sources
The short version
You park, badge in, and the work in front of you is long-term care: residents, families, the same hallway on a Tuesday that you walked on Monday. North Woods Village in Kokomo is senior living, not a hospital unit.
Employer research, Aug 17, 2026
You would be doing resident and family care in senior living and long-term care here, not working a hospital unit.
For experienced nursesYou would be applying to the Kokomo, Indiana building of a multi-site senior-living brand whose other reviews come from Mishawaka and Kalamazoo.
If you are moving hereA former CNA at another branded site praised the people on the floor even while criticizing management.
For experienced nursesSources
As of 2022-04-24Source: glassdoor.co.in
Nursing here
- Scheduling
Night-shift CNA roles advertised in Kalamazoo; CNA reviews report heavy mandatory extra shifts and blocked overtime.
North Woods Village · employer research
Published pay and benefits
- Shift pay
Increased night-shift differential advertised for CNA at North Woods Village of Kalamazoo; dollar amount not stated
As of 2022
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- Sign-on bonus
$2,500 sign-on bonus advertised for night-shift CNA at North Woods Village of Kalamazoo
As of 2022
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The units
Senior living / long-term care
CNA, LPN, and intern reviews describe resident and family care at branded sites, not hospital units.
Sources
Source location unconfirmedSource 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: glassdoor.co.inSource 3: glassdoor.co.in
What nurses say
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Pay and bonuses
- Former CNAs called pay bad and said the employer worked to strip bonuses.
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- Overtime and mandation
- Staff said they were needed for long hours, faced tons of mandation, and “won’t let you get overtime.”
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- Floor staff vs management
- One former CNA praised floor coworkers but cited bad management and “tons of mandation and not great pay.”
Sources
As of 2022-04-24Source: glassdoor.co.in
More review themes
- CNA peer culture
- A long-tenured Mishawaka CNA said coworkers bullied each other.
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As of 2022-10-07Source: glassdoor.com- Residents and families
- A Kalamazoo intern said residents and families were kind and considerate.
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As of 2024-01-31Source: glassdoor.co.in- Feedback and fairness
- Same intern said mistakes were punished without warning and “Corrective criticism doesn’t exist.”
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As of 2024-01-31Source: glassdoor.co.in- Culture as family-owned
- A current Kalamazoo marketing employee called the atmosphere fun and family-owned.
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As of 2024-08-12Source: glassdoor.co.in
The hard parts
The staff reviews on file are from Mishawaka and Kalamazoo, not Kokomo, and those CNAs described heavy mandatory extra shifts, overtime they were not allowed to take, and pay they called bad.
Sources
What to ask
- How is base pay set for the role, and which differentials apply?
- Which shifts are open, and what are the weekend, holiday and call rules?
- How long is orientation, and will I have one preceptor?
- What does a usual day’s workload look like?
Living in Kokomo, IN
Anchored by Community Howard and Ascension St. Vincent, Kokomo pairs essential bedside roles with a cost of living about 10% below the national average. Trade high metro rent for homeownership near Foster Park, unwind along the Wildcat Creek Walkway, and settle into an Indiana city where a nursing salary affords real breathing room.
Browse roles in Kokomo- Metro price level · Kokomo area
- 10% below the national average
- BEA index 89.6 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $939/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $55,360/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Current openings at North Woods Village
Sources
- asccare.com/community/north-woods-village
Employer website
- facebook.com/groups/583092845100966/posts/27741449125505304
Nursing here, The hard parts · as of 2022
- glassdoor.co.in/Reviews/Employee-Review-North-Woods-Village-E2212051-RVW63210481.htm
The short version, Nursing here, What nurses say, The hard parts · as of 2024
- glassdoor.co.in/Reviews/Employee-Review-North-Woods-Village-RVW83921367.htm
The short version, Nursing here, What nurses say, The hard parts · as of 2024
- glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-North-Woods-Village-E2212051-RVW69880878.htm
The short version, Nursing here, What nurses say, The hard parts · as of 2024
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