Bowdle Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Bowdle Nursing Home is a 27-bed government-run nursing home in Bowdle, South Dakota. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.63 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% above the South Dakota average of 2.52, and 34.8% nursing staff turnover (South Dakota average 48.2%).
Bowdle Nursing Home
8001 W 5th StreetBowdle, SD 57428
Edmunds 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 Bowdle Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.63 hours per resident per day, 4% above the South Dakota average. With about 23 residents a day, that works out to roughly 61 aide hours a day, or about 8 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | South Dakota avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.63 | 2.52 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.78 | 0.47 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.39 | 0.80 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.80 | 3.79 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.46 | 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
34.8% of nursing staff at Bowdle Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a South Dakota average of 48.2% and a US average of 45.8%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 25, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 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. Bowdle Nursing Home holds 4 of 5 overall; the South Dakota average is 2.9.
About Bowdle Nursing Home
- Ownership: Government - City
- Legal name: Bowdle Hospital
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 1, 1997
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Bowdle Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Walworth County Care Center, Inc Selby | 18.4 | 50 | 2.14 | 3.03 | 27.3% | 5 | None |
| Avera Eureka Health Care Center Eureka | 22.1 | 56 | 1.99 | 3.10 | 32.5% | 4 | $12,252 |
| Avera Oahe Manor Gettysburg · many days without an RN | 33.2 | 53 | 2.01 | 3.50 | 43.8% | 2 | None |
| Faulkton Senior Living Faulkton | 38.6 | 41 | 1.55 | 2.59 | 57.1% | 4 | None |
| Ashley Medical Center Nursing Home Ashley | 43.1 | 31 | 3.87 | 5.22 | 41.0% | 5 | None |
| Strasburg Nursing Home Strasburg | 53.3 | 30 | 2.63 | 4.49 | 50.0% | 5 | None |
| Aberdeen Health and Rehab Aberdeen | 55.7 | 78 | 2.52 | 3.61 | 38.6% | 1 | $64,270 |
| Wishek Living Center Wishek | 55.9 | 43 | 3.37 | 4.91 | 52.9% | 5 | $26,272 |
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.