Nursing Homes in Rapid City, SD: Staffing and Turnover Compared
Rapid City has 8 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes with 558 beds. The median home logs 2.14 nurse aide hours per resident per day (South Dakota average 2.52). 6 of 8 have at least one CMS fine in the last three years.
Every nursing home in Rapid City
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
| Avantara Arrowhead abuse citation | 68 | 2.23 | 3.52 | 76.1% | 1 | $153,583 |
| Avantara Mountain View | 101 | 2.40 | 3.61 | 41.4% | 2 | $9,318 |
| Avantara North | 68 | 1.86 | 3.06 | 35.4% | 3 | $24,108 |
| Avantara Saint Cloud abuse citation | 78 | 2.15 | 3.12 | 57.3% | 1 | $24,751 |
| Clarkson Health Care | 49 | 2.40 | 4.20 | 34.0% | 5 | None |
| Fountain Springs Healthcare | 90 | 2.12 | 3.79 | 53.7% | 3 | $22,526 |
| Good Samaritan Society - St Martin Village | 60 | 2.04 | 3.73 | 60.0% | 2 | None |
| Westhills Village Health Care Facility | 44 | 2.10 | 3.70 | 46.2% | 5 | $8,788 |
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.
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release · South Dakota averages: aide hrs 2.52, turnover 48.2%