Nursing homes in South Dakota

South Dakota against the national average

31 of South Dakota's 96 homes are for profit, and 49 belong to a group CMS tracks as a chain. 13 carry the CMS abuse icon.

Nurse staffing in South Dakota, quarter by quarter

Hours worked by nurses and nurse aides per resident per day, from the daily payroll records every South Dakota home sends CMS, added up across the state. In January to March 2026, weekend staffing ran 18% below weekdays (nationally 15%), and contract or agency staff worked 9.1% of nursing hours (nationally 5.3%).

These are hours across all of the state's residents, so they differ a little from the averages of homes CMS publishes in the table above. Source: CMS Payroll Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing. Every state compared: the weekend staffing gap.

Official South Dakota contacts and records

• State survey agency: South Dakota Department of Health, Office of Health Facilities Licensure and Certification. It inspects nursing homes for CMS (the inspections on this site are its findings) and takes complaints about care.
• State inspection records: South Dakota Department of Health Nursing Facility Reports, South Dakota's own lookup for licensed homes.
• Long-term care ombudsman: South Dakota Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, Department of Human Services. A free, confidential advocate for residents and their families, required in every state by the federal Older Americans Act.

Links taken from each office's own site and checked on October 8, 2026.

Special Focus Facilities in South Dakota

CMS puts a small number of homes with a long record of serious problems on its Special Focus Facility list for closer inspection. Candidates are homes that qualify but have not been chosen.

• Avantara Norton
  Sioux Falls · On the list · not rated
• Avantara Watertown
  Watertown · Candidate · 1 of 5 stars
• Medicine Wheel Village
  Eagle Butte · Candidate · 2 of 5 stars
• Riverview Healthcare Center
  Flandreau · Candidate · 1 of 5 stars
• Wilmot Care Center Inc
  Wilmot · Candidate · 1 of 5 stars
• Winner Regional Healthcare Center
  Winner · Candidate · 1 of 5 stars

Largest owner groups in South Dakota

Every nursing home in South Dakota, by county

Aurora County (1)

Beadle County (1)

Bon Homme County (2)

Brookings County (2)

Brown County (5)

Brule County (1)

Butte County (1)

Charles Mix County (3)

Clark County (1)

Clay County (3)

Codington County (2)

Custer County (1)

Davison County (2)

Day County (3)

Dewey County (1)

Edmunds County (1)

Fall River County (2)

Faulk County (1)

Grant County (2)

Gregory County (1)

Haakon County (1)

Hamlin County (2)

Hand County (1)

Hughes County (2)

Hutchinson County (3)

Hyde County (1)

Jackson County (1)

Jerauld County (1)

Kingsbury County (1)

Lake County (1)

Lawrence County (1)

Lincoln County (1)

Marshall County (1)

Mc Cook County (2)

Mc Pherson County (1)

Meade County (1)

Mellette County (1)

Miner County (1)

Minnehaha County (10)

Moody County (2)

Pennington County (9)

Perkins County (1)

Potter County (1)

Roberts County (2)

Sanborn County (1)

Spink County (2)

Tripp County (1)

Turner County (3)

Union County (2)

Walworth County (1)

Yankton County (2)