---
title: Nursing homes in South Dakota — CMS safety record
source: CMS Nursing Home Care Compare
sourceUrl: https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
state: SD
facilities: 96
---

# Nursing homes in South Dakota

All **96** Medicare-certified nursing homes in South Dakota, with the safety record CMS publishes.

## Before the brochure: look at staffing

The best-evidenced predictor of safe care is **nurse hours per resident per day** — hands-on nursing time per resident, measured by CMS from payroll. About **4.1 total nurse hours/resident/day** is a staffing-adequacy reference (not a pass/fail line).

In South Dakota, the median home reports **3.63 hours/resident/day**, and **25 of 94** meet the 4.1-hour reference. A high overall star does not guarantee high staffing.

## CMS Special Focus facilities (6)

CMS places its most seriously and persistently underperforming homes on the Special Focus Facility program (or names them candidates). This is CMS's own designation — recorded, not an Atlas verdict.

- **Medicine Wheel Village** (EAGLE BUTTE) — SFF candidate
- **CUSTER CARE AND REHAB CENTER** (CUSTER) — SFF candidate
- **Five Counties Nursing Home** (LEMMON) — SFF candidate
- **RIVERVIEW HEALTHCARE CENTER** (FLANDREAU) — SFF candidate
- **Wilmot Care Center Inc** (WILMOT) — SFF candidate
- **AVANTARA NORTON** (SIOUX FALLS) — Special Focus Facility

## What this is — and is not

This is published CMS Nursing Home Care Compare data — the same facts CMS shows the public, sorted to compare. It **informs and compares**; it does **not** rate, rank, or recommend a home for an individual's needs, and no figure is a guarantee. Shortlist a few, visit in person, ask about the most recent inspection, and call your state Long-Term Care Ombudsman (theconsumervoice.org/get_help).

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