Alcester Care And Rehab Center, Inc
Alcester Care And Rehab Center, Inc is a 5-star rated nursing home in Alcester, SD with 44 beds. CMS sub-ratings: health inspections 5/5, staffing 3/5, quality measures 3/5.
The facility has 48 health violations on record. Federal fines total $73,905 across 3 enforcement actions. Most recent inspection: June 11, 2024.
Data synthesized from CMS.gov and South Dakota public inspection records. Reviewed by Christopher F. Nesbitt, Sr., NR-EMT & BU-trained Paralegal.
Data current as of June 27, 2026 · Source: CMS Provider Data
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Fines and Penalties by Year
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Health Violations by Year
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
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.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Report COVID19 data to residents and families.
Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted.
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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Editorial Standards & Data Oversight
Data Source: This report is based on official public inspection records from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Provider Data Catalog.
Editorial Process: Content generated using AI to synthesize complex regulatory data, then reviewed and verified for accuracy by our editorial team.
Professional Review: All content undergoes standards and compliance oversight by Christopher F. Nesbitt, Sr., Nationally Registered EMT & BU-trained Paralegal.
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