Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Care Center is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2023-05-05. 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) 573-2100 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Care Center 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 (3★), 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 89.4/100, placing it #637 of 14703 facilities nationally and #3 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 Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Care Center receives a reported average of 7 hours 9 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 47 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 27 minutes; Nurse Aide — 4 hours 55 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 6 hours 26 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 58.1%. 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 $17,007. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $17,007, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 42.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Care Center ranks 637th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 89.4/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within SD, it ranks 3rd out of 97 nursing homes. In Flandreau, 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 #159 nationally and RN hours rank #330 nationally (#2 in SD). Our composite quality score of 89.4/100 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 Flandreau, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_dakota/flandreau/