The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited April 2024 — isolated incident, actual harm.
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F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: G
Nursing home report
AURORA BRULE NURSING HOME INC
WHITE LAKE, SD · Medicare-certified · 44 beds
In good standing
For-profit
3 of 5 overall
AURORA BRULE NURSING HOME INC has an overall 3-star rating, with 3 stars for health inspections, 2 stars for staffing, and 4 stars for quality measures. It reports 2.95 nurse staffing hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, with $0 in fines in the last 24 months and recent inspection citations related to accident hazards, care planning, and meeting professional standards.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
2.9478 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: July 24, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 2.9478.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.50
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.19
- Nurse aides
- 2.26
- Weekend nursing
- 2.34
Hours per resident per day.
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
16.8%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
0%Steady
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
10.6%Steady
Residents with a urinary tract infection
6.7%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
2.4%Steady
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
20.5%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
19.2%Worsening
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
26.8%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.9%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
24.7%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
5%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
97.7%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
98%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
85.6%Improving
What the inspectors found
The home failed to complete and keep the resident’s care plan properly prepared, reviewed, and updated by the right health professionals. Cited July 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 657 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(2) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited July 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to keep medication mistakes below the allowed level. Cited July 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 759 — 42 CFR §483.45(f)(1) — S/S: E
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited July 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 9 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Penalties & enforcement
On record with Medicare: 1 fine · $17,928 in total fines.
- $17,928
Federal fine
Mar 6, 2024
Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Occupancy
- 42.4 residents on an average day (96% of 44 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 11 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.