Bethesda Home of Aberdeen

1224 S High St, Aberdeen, SD 57401 (opens Google Maps) · Brown County · (605) 225-7580· 86 certified beds · avg 82 residents/day · certified since Oct 1, 1993 · Medicare and Medicaid certified

Certified for both programmes. Certification means the facility can bill Medicaid — it does not mean a Medicaid-funded bed is free right now, so ask directly. Who pays for nursing home care →

3/5

Health inspection rating (on-site)

inspected Mar 12, 2026

Serious findings on record

most recent Mar 12, 2026

$25,265

Fines, last 3 years

4.46

Nurse hours/resident/day (adjusted)

What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)

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Health inspection rating: ★★★☆☆3/5 · CMS overall rating: 3/5 · how star ratings work →

The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and quality measures from resident assessments and claims.

Most serious findings (actual harm or immediate jeopardy)

▲ Actual harm, isolated · Mar 12, 2026 · F-0686

The facility did not provide proper care for pressure ulcers (bedsores) or did not do enough to prevent new ones from forming. Bedsores develop when residents stay in one position too long without help moving.

Why it matters: Bedsores are painful, can become deeply infected, and in serious cases can be life-threatening.

Severity (G): Actual harm was cited, below immediate jeopardy. The scope was isolated: limited residents, staff, or locations were affected. Scope describes the extent of the deficiency, not whether it happened on previous inspections.

Corrected: Apr 10, 2026 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)

Inspection findings in the public record

Showing the latest 3 of 12 inspection findings. Open the full record below to read every finding.

Mar 12, 2026G · Actual harm, isolated
The facility did not provide proper care for pressure ulcers (bedsores) or did not do enough to prevent new ones from forming. Bedsores develop when residents stay in one position too long without help moving. F-0686
Mar 12, 2026F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread
The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. F-0812
Mar 12, 2026E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
The facility's menus did not meet residents' nutritional needs, or were not prepared in advance, followed as written, kept up to date, or reviewed by a dietician. F-0803

View all 12 inspection findingsShow only the latest 3 findings

CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed — that window is CMS's, not ours. Within it, every citation CMS publishes for this facility is listed here: none excluded.

Date	Severity	What the facility was cited for
Mar 12, 2026	▲ G · Actual harm, isolated	The facility did not provide proper care for pressure ulcers (bedsores) or did not do enough to prevent new ones from forming. Bedsores develop when residents stay in one position too long without help moving. · F-0686
Mar 12, 2026	F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread	The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · F-0812
Mar 12, 2026	E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern	The facility's menus did not meet residents' nutritional needs, or were not prepared in advance, followed as written, kept up to date, or reviewed by a dietician. · F-0803
Mar 12, 2026	D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated	The facility did not make sure residents were fully informed about their own health, care, and treatments in a way they could understand. · F-0552
Mar 12, 2026	D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated	The facility did not enter each resident's assessment information into the required format and send it to the state within 7 days of completing the assessment, as the rules require. · F-0640
Mar 12, 2026	D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated	The facility did not develop a resident's complete plan of care within 7 days of the full assessment, or the plan wasn't prepared, reviewed, and updated by a team of health professionals as required. · F-0657
Mar 12, 2026	D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated	The facility provided care that did not meet professional standards of quality — the accepted standards that nurses and other clinicians are expected to follow. · F-0658
Nov 21, 2024	E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern	The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · F-0812
Nov 21, 2024	D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated	The facility did not develop or follow a complete care plan for each resident — the written roadmap covering all of a resident's needs, with measurable goals and timelines. · F-0656
Nov 21, 2024	D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated	The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it. · F-0695
Nov 21, 2024	D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated	The facility did not arrange hospice services for a resident who needed them, or help the resident move to a facility that could arrange hospice. Hospice provides comfort-focused care for people nearing the end of life. · F-0849
Jul 27, 2023	E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern	The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · F-0812

Inspection trend by year

Citations from standard inspections increased between the last two inspection cycles (4 → 7).

Citations by recorded inspection yearPublished citation counts, not a quality score · Source: CMS, 2026-08-01

All citationsSerious citations (G–L)

2023

2024

2026

All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.

Year	Citations	Serious (G–L)	Worst severity that year
2023	1	0	E
2024	4	0	E
2026	7	1	G ▲

Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.

Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)

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1 fine totaling $25,265.

Every penalty CMS publishes for this facility in the 3-year window is listed —none excluded. The count and the dollar total come from two different CMS datasets and agree for this facility. Penalties older than the window are dropped by CMS before publication, not by us.

Date	Type	Amount / length
Mar 12, 2026	Fine	$25,265

Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)

What these staffing numbers mean →

Nurse time, in contextAdjusted hours per resident per day · Source: CMS, 2026-08-01

This facilitySouth Dakota averageU.S. average

Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day)

4.46

4.32

3.95

Registered Nurse hours

0.93

0.91

0.69

Weekend total nurse staffing

3.55

3.71

3.50

All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.

Measure	This facility	South Dakota avg	U.S. avg	Where it stands
Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day)	4.46	4.32	3.95	top 36% in South Dakota; top 24% in the U.S.
Registered Nurse hours	0.93	0.91	0.69	top 43% in South Dakota; top 19% in the U.S.
Weekend total nurse staffing	3.55	3.71	3.50	top 48% in South Dakota; top 40% in the U.S.
Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted)	0.45	0.51	0.48	bottom 46% in South Dakota; top 40% in the U.S.
Total nursing staff turnover (%)	38.9	48.2	45.8	top 26% in South Dakota; top 34% in the U.S.
RN turnover (%)	5.9	34.7	42.9	top 1% in South Dakota; top 2% in the U.S.

Hours are per resident per day for the most recent quarter of payroll data in this CMS release (2026-08-01) — the same quarter for every facility — case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 3.79, RN 0.79, weekend 3.01.Comparing with Medicare Care Compare? Care Compare shows the raw figure (3.79 here, displayed there as hours and minutes), not the adjusted one above. Both are correct; they answer different questions. Staffing rating: 4/5.

Quality measures: assessments & claims

Note: CMS combines facility-reported resident assessments (MDS) with claims-based measures. These are different sources from on-site inspection findings. Read the measures alongside inspection and staffing records; a high QM rating does not establish that a home is safe.

Quality measures rating: 2/5 · long-stay residents: 2/5 · short-stay residents: 1/5

Costs & payment

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Who owns this facility

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Ownership records as published by CMS on 2026-08-01. CMS records when an owner joined but not when they left. Listed here and no longer involved? Tell us →

Non profit - Church related

Owner / manager	Type	Role	Stake	Since
Akkerman, Char	Individual	Corporate Director	NOT APPLICABLE	05/01/2020
Akkerman, Char	Individual	Corporate Officer	NOT APPLICABLE	05/01/2020
Albl, Judy	Individual	Corporate Director	NOT APPLICABLE	05/01/2016
Andereson, Zachary	Individual	Corporate Director	NOT APPLICABLE	05/01/2021
Andereson, Zachary	Individual	Corporate Officer	NOT APPLICABLE	05/01/2021
Armbright, Leland	Individual	Corporate Director	NOT APPLICABLE	09/01/2019
Bohle, Lori	Individual	Operational/Managerial Control	NOT APPLICABLE	02/11/1991
Bohle, Lori	Individual	ADP of the SNF	NOT APPLICABLE	02/11/1991
Dangel, Diane	Individual	Corporate Director	NOT APPLICABLE	09/01/2024
Eisenbeisz, Scott	Individual	Corporate Director	NOT APPLICABLE	02/01/2019
Eisenbeisz, Scott	Individual	Operational/Managerial Control	NOT APPLICABLE	02/01/2019
Eisenbeisz, Scott	Individual	ADP of the SNF	NOT APPLICABLE	02/01/2019
Elsen, Terri	Individual	Corporate Director	NOT APPLICABLE	05/01/2014
Langbehn, Ann	Individual	Corporate Director	NOT APPLICABLE	05/01/2015
Langbehn, Ann	Individual	Corporate Officer	NOT APPLICABLE	07/01/2023
Pence, Stacey	Individual	Corporate Director	NOT APPLICABLE	05/01/2024
Redmond, Steven	Individual	Operational/Managerial Control	NOT APPLICABLE	05/01/2023
Redmond, Steven	Individual	ADP of the SNF	NOT APPLICABLE	05/01/2023
Warrington, Diane	Individual	Corporate Director	NOT APPLICABLE	07/01/2023

All 19 owning or managing parties CMS has on file are shown — none excluded.

Questions to ask on your visit

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Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.

"How do you prevent bedsores for residents who can't move themselves, and how often are at-risk residents repositioned?"
"What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
"Who reviews your menus, and can I see this week's menu and join my family member for a meal?"
"How do you explain health changes and treatment options to residents and their families?"
"How do you make sure resident assessments are completed and submitted to the state on time?"
"Who is on the team that builds each resident's care plan, and how quickly is it in place after admission?"
"Can you tell me what this citation involved and what steps you took to bring care back up to standard?"
"Can you show me an example care plan, and how are families included when it's created and updated?"

Also worth asking anywhere

"What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
"Can I see the plan of correction for the findings in your most recent state inspection?"
"CMS reports 39% total nursing staff turnover here — who on the care team has been with you longest?"
"The ownership record on file lists 19 owning or managing parties — who makes the decisions about staffing levels?"
"Can I visit again unannounced, at a mealtime or on a weekend?"

Nearby facilities (within 20 miles)

Facility	Distance	City	Overall	Inspection
Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community	1.3 mi	Aberdeen, SD	★☆☆☆☆	2/5
Prairie Heights Healthcare	1.6 mi	Aberdeen, SD	★★★★☆	4/5
Aberdeen Health and Rehab	2.7 mi	Aberdeen, SD	★☆☆☆☆	1/5
Avantara Groton	17.7 mi	Groton, SD	★★☆☆☆	3/5

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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 435073.

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Visit checklist — Bethesda Home of Aberdeen

1224 S High St, Aberdeen, SD 57401 · (605) 225-7580

Health inspection rating 3/5 · CMS overall 3/5· Fines (3y): $25,265

Most serious findings on record:

▲ Mar 12, 2026 (F-0686, Actual harm, isolated): The facility did not provide proper care for pressure ulcers (bedsores) or did not do enough to prevent new ones from forming. Bedsores develop when residents stay in one position too long without help moving.

Questions for the administrator:

☐ "How do you prevent bedsores for residents who can't move themselves, and how often are at-risk residents repositioned?"
☐ "What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
☐ "Who reviews your menus, and can I see this week's menu and join my family member for a meal?"
☐ "How do you explain health changes and treatment options to residents and their families?"
☐ "How do you make sure resident assessments are completed and submitted to the state on time?"
☐ "Who is on the team that builds each resident's care plan, and how quickly is it in place after admission?"
☐ "Can you tell me what this citation involved and what steps you took to bring care back up to standard?"
☐ "Can you show me an example care plan, and how are families included when it's created and updated?"
☐ "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
☐ "Can I see the plan of correction for the findings in your most recent state inspection?"
☐ "CMS reports 39% total nursing staff turnover here — who on the care team has been with you longest?"
☐ "The ownership record on file lists 19 owning or managing parties — who makes the decisions about staffing levels?"
☐ "Can I visit again unannounced, at a mealtime or on a weekend?"

While you're there, notice:

☐ Smell and cleanliness in hallways, not just the lobby
☐ How staff speak to residents; call lights answered promptly
☐ Residents up, dressed, and engaged (visit mealtimes and a weekend if you can)

Data: CMS Provider Data Catalog, version 2026-08-01 · CCN 435073 · Verify at medicare.gov/care-compare · Printed from The Care File (thecarefile.com)