Clarkson Health Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Clarkson Health Care is a 49-bed nonprofit nursing home in Rapid City, South Dakota. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.40 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% below the South Dakota average of 2.52, and 34.0% nursing staff turnover (South Dakota average 48.2%).
Clarkson Health Care
1015 Mt View RdRapid City, SD 57702
Pennington 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 Clarkson Health Care, nurse aides logged 2.40 hours per resident per day, 5% below the South Dakota average. With about 46 residents a day, that works out to roughly 109 aide hours a day, or about 14 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 18% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | South Dakota avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.40 | 2.52 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.67 | 0.47 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.12 | 0.80 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.20 | 3.79 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.42 | 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
34.0% of nursing staff at Clarkson Health Care 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 22.2%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 24, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 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. Clarkson Health Care holds 5 of 5 overall; the South Dakota average is 2.9.
About Clarkson Health Care
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Legal name: Presbyterian Retirement Village of Rapid City, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1988
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
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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.