Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1990-05-11. 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) 622-5850 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 62.5/100, placing it #11266 of 14703 facilities nationally and #64 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 Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community receives a reported average of 4 hours 1 minute of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 55 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 32 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 34 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 21 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 46.3%. 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 $20,612. 2 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $20,612, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 62.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community ranks 11266th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 62.5/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within SD, it ranks 64th out of 97 nursing homes. In Aberdeen, it ranks 4th out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,696 nationally and RN hours rank #2,533 nationally (#19 in SD). Our composite quality score of 62.5/100 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 Aberdeen, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_dakota/aberdeen/