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AVANTARA NORTON brings specialized skilled nursing and rehabilitation care to Sioux Falls, South Dakota families navigating recovery and healing. Our compassionate team delivers personalized medical support and therapeutic services designed to help residents regain independence and return home stronger.
Capacity
110 residents
Location
Sioux Falls, SD
Status
Listed in a public registry
3600 SOUTH NORTON AVENUE, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57105
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on March 31, 2026, state inspectors cited 21 health deficiencies (the South Dakota average is 6.7).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 51 minutes with each resident a day, about the same as the South Dakota average.
Medicare fined Avantara Norton 7 times in the last three years, $283,633 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 51 minutes |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 46 minutes |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 56%Above the South Dakota average |
73 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
March 31, 2026 · Standard inspection · 12 citations
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
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.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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 and implement an infection prevention and control program.
March 31, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 3 citations
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home.
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility.
Showing the 60 most recent. The full list is on Medicare.gov.
7 fines totaling $283,633 in the last three years.
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State inspectors visited on March 31, 2026 and cited 21 health deficiencies, 14 of them from complaint investigations. The South Dakota average is 6.7.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 51 minutes with each resident per day, including 46 minutes from registered nurses. 56% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Avantara Norton 7 times in the last three years, totaling $283,633.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.