Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community
Nursing Home Facility
1002 North Jay Street, Aberdeen, SD 57401
Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community is a senior care community located in Aberdeen, SD. It provides nursing home care, retirement living, and senior living for older adults in the Aberdeen area. To learn more or schedule a tour, call (605) 622-5850.
Operated by Avera Health, which runs 10 communities in our directory.
Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community is licensed for 81 beds, about typical for the area, where senior care communities in Aberdeen average about 86 beds.
Federal reporting puts occupancy at about 96% of its licensed beds, which is high; communities this full often maintain a waiting list, so it is worth calling well before you need a place. That is above the Aberdeen average of roughly 88%.
Medicare rates this community 1 out of 5 stars overall, a score based on health inspections, staffing levels and quality measures. Communities in Aberdeen average about 2.2 stars. The individual scores differ noticeably: 4 stars for staffing against 2 stars for health inspections, so it is worth reading both before deciding. Its most recent standard health inspection was in December 2025 and recorded 8 deficiencies.
Residents receive about 4.1 hours of nursing care per day on average, including 1.0 hours from a registered nurse. Nursing staff turnover over the past year was about 56%.
The community is located in Brown County, SD.
Inspection record
In its last three standard inspections and any complaint visits, federal inspectors cited 18 problems at Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community. 3 findings involved harm to a resident. 4 came from investigating complaints by residents or families.
In the last three years Medicare fined this home once, a total of $8,824.
Findings from the most recent inspection cycle
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Could cause more than minimal harm, widespread
Nursing and Physician Services
Post nurse staffing information every day.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, widespread
Nutrition and Dietary
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Resident 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.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Nursing and Physician Services
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Resident 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.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Quality of Life and Care
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Infection Control
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Quality of Life and Care
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
A citation on its own does not mean poor care, and most are corrected within weeks. What matters most is how serious the findings were and whether the same problems keep coming back. When you visit, it is fair to ask the administrator what inspectors found and what has changed since.
Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community offers nursing home care, retirement living, and senior living.
Facility details
- Organization type Non profit - Corporation
- Beds / units 81
- Occupancy 96%
- Nursing hours per resident/day 4.1
- Annual staff turnover 56%
- Last health inspection December 2025
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