St Catherines Living Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1976-07-01. 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 (701) 642-6667 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

St Catherines 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 (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 60.0/100, placing it #12072 of 14703 facilities nationally and #57 of 72 in North 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 St Catherines Living Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 36 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 37 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 57 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 2 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 3 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 37.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged St Catherines Living Center with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $56,329. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $56,329, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 101.25 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, St Catherines Living Center ranks 12072nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 60.0/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within ND, it ranks 57th out of 72 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,024 nationally and RN hours rank #6,427 nationally (#65 in ND). Our composite quality score of 60.0/100 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 Wahpeton, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_dakota/wahpeton/