Nursing home
Wilmot Care Center
501 4Th St, Wilmot, SD 57279 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 29 certified beds
Wilmot Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Wilmot, South Dakota. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.59 hours per resident per day, above the South Dakota average of 3.89. Its most recent inspection on Mar 6, 2025 cited 5 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight.
- Special Focus Facility candidateCMS lists this facility as a candidate for enhanced oversight.
- 2 fines totaling $28,028In 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 Wilmot Care Center 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) | 4.59 | 3.89 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.98 | 2.61 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 52.2% | 49.7% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 5.0 | 6.8 | 9.5 | below 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 March 6, 2025 inspection was corrected by April 2, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $28,028, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Wilmot Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Nov 13, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 13, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Jun 10, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 29, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 29, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 29, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 29, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
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
- 501 4Th St
Wilmot, SD 57279 - CMS certification #
- 435119
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 29
- Avg residents/day
- 23.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2002-04-01
- Setting
- Rural
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Wilmot Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, works with hospice
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2005
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2021, 5 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Wilmot Care Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
RESPITE CARE
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
HOSPICE
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: one-bedroom, two-bedroom.
We provide 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom and efficiency apartments in our
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Jul 1, 2005 to Aug 1, 2006. Violations found: Minimum wage. Back wages: $115 owed to 1 employee. Employer as DOL recorded it: Wilmot Care Center (Wilmot Care Center Inc.). Case 1424951.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Feb 22, 2024: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jun 6, 2024. 3 violations cited (1 serious, 2 repeat). Penalties: $19,358 proposed, $10,970 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wilmot Care Center, INC.
Details
- Serious: Personal protective equipment (general) (1910.132(a)). Penalty $6,453 proposed, $3,227 now. To be fixed by Jun 3, 2024.
- Repeat: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $12,905 proposed, $7,743 now. To be fixed by Jun 3, 2024.
- Repeat: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 3, 2024.
- Jan 5, 2021: referral inspection, partial (health). Case closed Sep 2, 2021. 2 violations cited (2 serious). Penalties: $5,803 proposed, $3,000 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wilmot Care Center, INC.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $5,803 proposed, $3,000 now. To be fixed by Jul 23, 2021.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jul 23, 2021.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Milbank Area Hospital/Avera Health, Milbank. 18.9 miles away, straight line. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Browns Valley Health Center, Browns Valley. 12.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Avera @ Home, Milbank. 18.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Bien Pharmacy. 17.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 57279 as rural (rural area).
- Hospice
- 3 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 57279.
Avera @ Home, office in Milbank, 17.4 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Tapestry Telehealth PLLC, Fargo. 98.2 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
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively low, 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wilmot Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Wilmot Care Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Wilmot Care Center staffed?
Wilmot Care Center reports 4.59 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the South Dakota average of 3.89.
Has Wilmot Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Wilmot Care Center have?
Wilmot Care Center is certified for 29 beds.