Nursing home
Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community
1002 North Jay Street, Aberdeen, SD 57401 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Avera Health (12 facilities) · 81 certified beds
Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Aberdeen, South Dakota. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.02 hours per resident per day, above the South Dakota average of 3.89. Its most recent inspection on Dec 17, 2025 cited 9 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $20,612In CMS records: 2 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community compares
This facility vs. the South Dakota and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | South Dakota avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.02 | 3.89 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.92 | 0.80 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.57 | 2.61 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 46.3% | 49.7% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 9.0 | 6.8 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the December 17, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 30, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $20,612, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Dec 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Dec 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 28, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · May 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 2, 2023
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 1002 North Jay Street
Aberdeen, SD 57401 - CMS certification #
- 435042
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 81
- Avg residents/day
- 77.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1990-05-11
- Chain
- Avera Health (12 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Avera Health
Avera Health operates 12 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Avera Health facilities →
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
Full public records, with dates and sources
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Avera St Lukes, Aberdeen. 1.0 mile away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Prairie Heights Healthcare, Aberdeen. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Avera @ Home, Aberdeen. 1.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- State Street Pharmacy. 0.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 57401 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Avera St Lukes Hospital, Aberdeen, 1.0 mile away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Moccasin Creek Dialysis, Aberdeen, 2.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 4 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 57401.
Avera @ Home, office in Aberdeen, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Chess Medicine PLLC, Fargo. 121.5 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Zone X: 0.2% annual chance (500-year) flood area (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Aberdeen, SD, risk to homes is greater than 61% of communities in South Dakota and 67% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community a good nursing home?
CMS gives Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community staffed?
Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community reports 4.02 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the South Dakota average of 3.89.
Has Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.
How many beds does Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community have?
Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community is certified for 81 beds.