Nursing home report
LAKE NORDEN, SD · Medicare-certified · 50 beds
AVANTARA LAKE NORDEN has a 5-star overall rating, with 4 stars for health inspections and staffing and 5 stars for quality measures. It has no fines in the last 24 months, and reported nurse staffing is 3.23 hours per resident per day compared with the federal benchmark of 4.1; recent inspection citations included nutrition, medication errors, and infection prevention and control.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.2267 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.2267.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to ensure meals and menus were planned, updated, and followed to meet residents’ nutritional needs. Cited February 2026 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 803 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: J
The nursing home failed to ensure residents were free from significant medication errors. Cited February 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 760 — 42 CFR §483.45(f)(2) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited November 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to provide the appropriate treatment and services for a resident with dementia. Cited July 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 744 — 42 CFR §483.40(b)(3) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to develop and follow policies to make sure residents received flu and pneumonia vaccinations. Cited July 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 883 — 42 CFR §483.80 — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Now operated by Avantara Lake Norden, previously Lake Norden Care and Rehabilitation Center.
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
