Overview
Alcester Care and Rehab Center has a Medicare overall rating of 4 out of 5, above the South Dakota average of 3.0. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Alcester. Its strongest area is health inspections (5 of 5), and its weakest is quality of care (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 2.6 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 100% of nursing homes in South Dakota (the state average is 3.9 hours). Of that, 0.4 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on August 28, 2025, found no health deficiencies. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 76% of South Dakota nursing homes have been fined.
Alcester Care and Rehab Center is a for-profit facility with 44 certified beds, caring for about 41 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1992.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 47%
Top 37%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- August 28, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 0
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 0
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff2.61 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.39 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.51 hrs
- Nurse aides1.71 hrs
- Physical therapists0.03 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 44
- Average residents per day
- 41
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- February 1, 1992
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes