Jenkin’S Living Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1987-02-06. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (605) 886-5777 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Jenkin’S Living Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 70.9/100, placing it #7886 of 14703 facilities nationally and #40 of 97 in South Dakota. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Jenkin’S Living Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 33 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 42 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 51 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 1 minute. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 5 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 54.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $53,086. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $53,086, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 102.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Jenkin’S Living Center ranks 7886th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 70.9/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within SD, it ranks 40th out of 97 nursing homes. In Watertown, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,606 nationally and RN hours rank #5,045 nationally (#62 in SD). Our composite quality score of 70.9/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Watertown, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_dakota/watertown/