Page 6 of Best Nursing Homes in South Dakota

Overview of Avantara Watertown

Forty-six beds are filled out of 51. Avantara Watertown runs at 90% occupancy, a solid number for a facility that only recently opened, sitting less than a mile from Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown’s 4th Avenue Northeast neighborhood. The address at 415 4th Ave. NE puts it in a moderately walkable part of the city (Walk Score 69), which matters for families who visit regularly.

At 168 days, the average length of stay sits in the middle range. This is not purely a 30-day Medicare rehab operation, but it’s also not a long-term custodial care setting by the numbers. The clinical menu reflects that positioning: stroke and neurological recovery, cardiac care, pulmonary care, oncology recovery, and orthopedic rehabilitation are the confirmed programs, all squarely in the post-acute specialty space. Administrator Lynna Speier leads a 51-bed facility in the Avantara network that is clearly built around structured medical recovery rather than extended residential care.

Registered nurses log 1 hour and 9 minutes per resident per day, with total nursing care at 3 hours and 35 minutes. Nurse aides account for 1 hour and 58 minutes of that total. Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are all accepted.

Avantara Watertown is a compact, recently opened nursing home with a clinical program built for residents recovering from cardiac events, neurological incidents, cancer treatment, and orthopedic procedures, operating near hospital infrastructure that supports that care model.

Overview of Avantara Groton

Avantara Groton is a nursing home in Groton, SD, providing skilled nursing and hospice care. Skilled nursing gives residents access to licensed nursing care on site, while hospice care supports people receiving end-of-life care.

The community has 45 beds, placing it in the smaller-community range, where staff and residents have more opportunity to get to know each other. Rehabilitation services include short-term rehabilitation, orthopedic care, stroke and neurological care, cardiac care, and oncology recovery care, giving residents recovery-focused support for several medical needs.

Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted. Medicaid can matter when personal savings may not cover a long stay, Medicare is associated with short-term skilled care rather than long-term residence, and private pay means paying directly. Chloe Brand serves as the administrator, and Avantara Groton can be a good fit for someone who needs skilled nursing or a short-term rehabilitation stay during recovery.

Overview of Avantara Clark City

Clark, South Dakota, is rural by most measures; it has a small population, limited nearby services, and the nearest hospital is more than 30 miles out. Avantara Clark City sits half a mile from Clark’s city center at 201 8th Ave NW, a 35-bed nursing home in the Avantara network, administered by Rachel Morehouse. Walk Score 31 means most errands need a car.

The average length of stay is 115 days. Short for a long-term care setting; long for a pure rehab turnaround. The facility’s clinical programs align with that middle range: orthopedic care, cardiac care, stroke and neurological recovery, and oncology recovery are the confirmed offerings, alongside rehabilitation services broadly. Twenty-eight of 35 beds are occupied, a 79% rate that is modest but not unusual for a small rural facility.

Registered nurses log 43 minutes per resident per day. Total nursing care comes to 3 hours and 9 minutes, with nurse aides accounting for 2 hours and 31 minutes of that figure. Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are all accepted. Private and semi-private suites are available, along with community spaces, an on-site salon, and WiFi. Meals are prepared fresh daily.

Avantara Clark City is a compact rural nursing home built around post-acute recovery, serving residents from Clark County and the surrounding area who need structured rehabilitation following cardiac events, orthopedic procedures, neurological incidents, or oncology treatment, at a location where access to hospital infrastructure requires planning.

Overview of Avantara North

Avantara North provides nursing home and skilled nursing care, memory care, and hospice care in Rapid City, SD. Nursing home and skilled nursing services provide licensed nursing care on site around the clock, while memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for a resident living with dementia who may be at risk of wandering. Hospice care focuses on comfort for someone receiving end-of-life care, and the combination of services may suit a resident whose needs change over time without requiring a move to another community.

Avantara North has 68 beds. Rehabilitation services include short-term rehabilitation for recovery after a hospital stay or procedure, with programs for post-surgical care, stroke and other neurological conditions, cardiac care, oncology recovery, orthopedic rehabilitation, and pulmonary care.

Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted. Medicare applies to short-term skilled care after a hospital stay rather than long-term residence, Medicaid may help a family whose savings do not cover a long stay, and private pay allows a family to pay directly for care. Celina Block serves as the administrator.

Overview of Good Samaritan Society Sioux Falls Center

Good Samaritan Society Sioux Falls Center is a nursing home and skilled nursing community in Sioux Falls, SD. Skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care around the clock, while respite care offers a short stay that may suit a family caregiver who needs time to travel or recover.

Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted, giving families options for covering short-term skilled care, eligible Medicaid services, or direct payment. Occupational therapy and speech and language therapy support rehabilitation needs, and caregiver support addresses the needs of family caregivers.

Residents have access to a salon, chapel, and religious services for personal grooming and worship at the community. The dining room provides a place to sit for a meal or coffee with friends, while home-based services extend beyond the facility setting.

Overview of Rolling Hills Healthcare

Rolling Hills Healthcare provides nursing home care, skilled nursing, and hospice care in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. Skilled nursing gives residents access to licensed nursing care, while hospice focuses on comfort for people nearing the end of life. The facility also offers short term rehabilitation and long term care, making it suitable both for someone recovering from an illness or procedure and for a resident who needs ongoing support.

Rolling Hills Healthcare has 83 beds. Individualized care plans, pain management, dental care, dialysis, podiatry services, and rehabilitation give residents access to care planning and several health services within the facility. Social activities are available too, providing structured options for residents who want activities during their stay.

Payment options include Medicaid, Medicare, and private pay. Gerald Bosen serves as the administrator.

Overview of Good Samaritan Society – St Martin Village

Good Samaritan Society, St Martin Village provides nursing home, assisted living, independent living, memory care, and respite care in Rapid City, SD. Assisted living provides help with daily tasks while a resident maintains an apartment, memory care offers supervision in a secured setting for someone at risk of wandering, and nursing home care provides licensed nursing care around the clock. Independent living supports private living with community services and no daily care, while respite care offers a short stay for a family whose usual caregiver needs to travel or recover.

With several care levels in one community, Good Samaritan Society, St Martin Village can suit a resident whose needs may grow over time without requiring a move to a different community. The community has 60 beds, and Jana McCroden serves as administrator. Rehabilitation services are available for residents who need therapy during recovery or ongoing care.

A swimming pool and wellness center support exercise and water-based activities, while walking trails and a community garden provide outdoor spaces for recreation. The community also has a salon, chapel, library, coffee house, woodshop, and scheduled activities, giving residents places for personal care, worship, hobbies, and social time. Home-based services and caregiver support are also available for residents and families who need assistance beyond the community setting.

The area has a Walk Score of 83, making it very walkable, with most errands possible on foot. Shops and other daily destinations within a short walk can help a resident who no longer drives get out independently.

Overview of Avantara Milbank

Avantara Milbank sits on South 2nd Street in Milbank, South Dakota, a small city where most errands mean getting in a car (Walk Score 27). Keisha Dorscher administers the 45-bed nursing home, which opened about a year ago and currently has 30 of its beds occupied.

The clinical range here is notable for a facility this size. Residents recovering from cardiac events, orthopedic procedures, pulmonary conditions, oncology treatment, post-surgical care, and stroke or other neurological conditions all have dedicated recovery tracks. Total nursing coverage is 3 hours and 23 minutes per resident per day; registered nurses account for 59 minutes of that. Suites are available in private and semi-private configurations.

Meals are prepared from fresh ingredients with nutritional balance as the stated standard. Family and community amenities include gathering spaces for events, an on-site salon, and Wi-Fi throughout the building. The facility accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, which means it can accommodate both the short-term rehab resident arriving on Medicare benefits and the longer-stay resident whose coverage eventually transitions to Medicaid.

At 127 days average length of stay and a program roster built around post-acute recovery, Avantara Milbank is oriented toward people who need a structured clinical bridge between a hospital discharge and a return home, not toward those seeking a long-term residential placement.

Overview of Bethesda of Beresford

Bethesda of Beresford operates a compact 39-bed skilled nursing facility on West Cedar Street in Beresford, South Dakota, about thirty miles south of Sioux Falls. Established originally in 1914 as a regional care resource, the property functions under a local government facility district setup. The surrounding neighborhood carries a walk score of 39, reflecting a spread-out layout where visiting family members and local relatives will require a car to manage regular trips and errands outside the grounds.

The home runs close to its operational limit, maintaining an average occupancy rate of roughly 85 percent and hosting an average resident stay of 329 days. Floor nurses provide an average of three hours and forty minutes of daily direct care to each individual, with registered nurses contributing over an hour of that personal time.

Weekend scheduling stands out with Saturday and Sunday registered nurse coverage tracking 86 percent higher than typical state benchmarks. Clinical programs focus on post-acute physical rehabilitation and therapy services, with measured outcomes for hospital readmissions, fall prevention, and pressure ulcer care outperforming standard state averages.

Interested individuals can call to inquire about current bed vacancies or to verify clinical entry parameters. The business coordinators can outline how they handle medical invoices across Medicare, state Medicaid, and out-of-pocket private payments, and they can schedule a time for you to view the therapy spaces and resident wings.

Overview of Avantara Huron

Avantara Huron is a nursing home offering memory care and skilled nursing in Huron, SD. Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for a resident at risk of wandering, while skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock. The combination may be a good fit for someone whose needs may change over time and who may need to move between care levels without leaving the community.

Avantara Huron has 80 beds. Short-term rehabilitation supports a temporary stay centered on recovery, with cardiac recovery care, orthopedic recovery care, pulmonary recovery care, and wound care available for residents with those needs.

Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted, giving families several ways to cover care. Laurie Solem serves as the administrator. A Walk Score of 68 places the area in the somewhat walkable band, meaning some errands can be done on foot for a resident who no longer drives.