Faulkton Senior Living: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Faulkton Senior Living is a 41-bed for-profit nursing home in Faulkton, South Dakota, part of Accura Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.55 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 39% below the South Dakota average of 2.52, and 57.1% nursing staff turnover (South Dakota average 48.2%).
Faulkton Senior Living
1401 Pearl StFaulkton, SD 57438
Faulk 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 Faulkton Senior Living, nurse aides logged 1.55 hours per resident per day, 39% below the South Dakota average. With about 39 residents a day, that works out to roughly 60 aide hours a day, or about 8 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 22% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | South Dakota avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.55 | 2.52 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.39 | 0.47 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.65 | 0.80 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.59 | 3.79 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.03 | 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
57.1% of nursing staff at Faulkton Senior Living left over the year CMS measured, against a South Dakota average of 48.2% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 11, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 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. Faulkton Senior Living holds 4 of 5 overall; the South Dakota average is 2.9.
About Faulkton Senior Living
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Accura Healthcare, 41 homes
- Legal name: Faulkton Healthcare Center, Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 1, 1995
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Faulkton Senior Living
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Eastern Star Home of South Dakota, Inc Redfield | 31.9 | 30 | 3.41 | 4.61 | 30.4% | 4 | $17,096 |
| Avantara Redfield Redfield | 32.2 | 58 | 2.00 | 3.03 | 52.1% | 2 | $23,044 |
| Good Samaritan Society Miller Miller | 36.1 | 50 | 2.67 | 3.81 | 70.8% | 1 | $96,127 |
| Bowdle Nursing Home Bowdle | 38.6 | 27 | 2.63 | 3.80 | 34.8% | 4 | None |
| Highmore Health Highmore | 38.9 | 39 | 2.08 | 3.09 | 51.6% | 3 | None |
| Avera Oahe Manor Gettysburg · many days without an RN | 39.9 | 53 | 2.01 | 3.50 | 43.8% | 2 | None |
| Aberdeen Health and Rehab Aberdeen | 43.5 | 78 | 2.52 | 3.61 | 38.6% | 1 | $64,270 |
| Prairie Heights Healthcare Aberdeen | 43.5 | 99 | 2.21 | 3.53 | — | 4 | None |
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.