Eastern Star Home Of South Dakota, Inc is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2002-11-20. 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) 472-0658 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Eastern Star Home Of South Dakota, Inc holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 64.5/100, placing it #10517 of 14703 facilities nationally and #59 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 Eastern Star Home Of South Dakota, Inc receives a reported average of 4 hours 42 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 42 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 28 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 32 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 7 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 37.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $17,096. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $17,096, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 19.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Eastern Star Home Of South Dakota, Inc ranks 10517th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 64.5/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within SD, it ranks 59th out of 97 nursing homes. In Redfield, 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 #1,812 nationally and RN hours rank #5,042 nationally (#61 in SD). Our composite quality score of 64.5/100 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 Redfield, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_dakota/redfield/