Avera Oahe Manor: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Avera Oahe Manor is a 53-bed nonprofit nursing home in Gettysburg, South Dakota. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.01 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 20% below the South Dakota average of 2.52, and 43.8% nursing staff turnover (South Dakota average 48.2%).
Avera Oahe Manor
700 E GarfieldGettysburg, SD 57442
Potter County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Avera Oahe Manor, nurse aides logged 2.01 hours per resident per day, 20% below the South Dakota average. With about 35 residents a day, that works out to roughly 71 aide hours a day, or about 9 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: The facility reported a high number of days without a registered nurse on site.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | South Dakota avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.01 | 2.52 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.87 | 0.47 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.62 | 0.80 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.50 | 3.79 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.03 | 3.26 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
43.8% of nursing staff at Avera Oahe Manor left over the year CMS measured, against a South Dakota average of 48.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 28.6%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 31, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (South Dakota average 6.9). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Avera Oahe Manor holds 2 of 5 overall; the South Dakota average is 2.9.
About Avera Oahe Manor
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 1991
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Avera Oahe Manor
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Bowdle Nursing Home Bowdle | 33.2 | 27 | 2.63 | 3.80 | 34.8% | 4 | None |
| Walworth County Care Center, Inc Selby | 34.4 | 50 | 2.14 | 3.03 | 27.3% | 5 | None |
| Faulkton Senior Living Faulkton | 39.9 | 41 | 1.55 | 2.59 | 57.1% | 4 | None |
| Highmore Health Highmore | 42.6 | 39 | 2.08 | 3.09 | 51.6% | 3 | None |
| Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care Pierre | 49.0 | 80 | 2.79 | 4.62 | 46.6% | 5 | None |
| Avantara Pierre Pierre · abuse citation | 49.2 | 65 | 1.69 | 2.81 | 40.5% | 2 | $22,048 |
| Avera Eureka Health Care Center Eureka | 54.6 | 56 | 1.99 | 3.10 | 32.5% | 4 | $12,252 |
| Good Samaritan Society Miller Miller | 58.4 | 50 | 2.67 | 3.81 | 70.8% | 1 | $96,127 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.