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Avantara Pierre

950 East Park Street

4.1(15 ratings)· Pierre average: 4.1

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Quick Facts

Total units
65
Medicare rating
2 of 5

CMS Care Compare

Ownership
For profit, Limited Liability company
Certified beds
65
Memory Care
Secured unit with round-the-clock supervision
Rehab Specialties
Cardiac, orthopedic, and pulmonary rehab programs
End-of-Life Care
On-site hospice and oncology recovery services

What Families Think

The Good

  • Secured memory care unit with round-the-clock supervision
  • Advanced wound care with certified wound nurses
  • Specialized cardiac, orthopedic, and pulmonary rehab programs
  • On-site hospice and oncology recovery care
  • 4.1 Google rating from 15 reviews

The Bad

  • No published pricing information available

AI-generated from reviews and community data.

Avantara Pierre is a senior living community in Pierre, South Dakota offering Memory Care and Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care. Amenities include Gathering / Activity Spaces, Social Activities and Housekeeping. Families rate it 4.1 out of 5 across 15 reviews.

About Avantara Pierre

Avantara Pierre is a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Pierre, South Dakota, offering specialized post-acute care including short-term rehabilitation, memory care, and wound management. The community provides comprehensive medical services with an emphasis on personalized attention and one-on-one care from an experienced clinical team.

The facility's memory care program serves individuals with Alzheimer's and Dementia, featuring round-the-clock secure supervision, assistance with daily living, and specialized programming designed to ensure safety and quality of life. For those recovering from surgery or illness, Avantara Pierre offers post-surgical care encompassing incisional and wound management, suture removal, and rehabilitation services to promote healing in a supportive environment.

The community provides specialized rehabilitation services including daily physical, occupational, and speech therapies conducted by trained professionals. These programs focus on improving strength, mobility, range of motion, and independence. Tailored programs address cardiac rehabilitation for heart disease or cardiac surgery recovery, orthopedic rehabilitation following hip, knee, spine, and other surgeries, and pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with lung disease and chronic respiratory problems.

Avantara Pierre offers advanced wound care utilizing an interdisciplinary approach with treatments such as E-Stim, ultrasound, and negative pressure therapies, supported by certified wound care nurses. The facility also provides comprehensive oncology recovery care and hospice services. Post-hospital rehabilitation is delivered in a medically supervised environment with on-site clinical equipment and services to enhance mobility, function, and independence.

The community has designed its spaces to provide a calm, nurturing environment intended to support the rehabilitation process. The facility emphasizes making residents and their visitors feel supported and at ease throughout their stay.

Types of Care at Avantara Pierre

Memory CareSkilled Nursing / Long Term Care

Amenities

Room Amenities

  • Emergency Call System
  • Private Bathroom
  • Private Rooms
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Meals & Dining

  • Dietary Accommodations (Gluten-Free, Low / No Sodium, No Sugar, Vegan)

Community Amenities

  • 24-Hour Staff
  • Gathering / Activity Spaces
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry Service
  • Medication Management
  • On-Site Nurse (RN)

Activities

  • Social Activities (Happy Hour, Wine Tasting, Dances, Karaoke)

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Reviews of Avantara Pierre

4.1overall · 15 ratings combined

4.1★ on Google (15)

Creejade J

May 2026

via Google

Why is there never any answer during business hours?!?!?

Patrick Baker

Jul 2025

via Google

The staff are so kind and helpful to patients/residents. It wasn’t an easy journey over 5 months of PT/OT rehabilitation, but it was also hard to say goodbye!

Barbara Jensen

May 2025

via Google

Just wanted to say how much I love the people who take care of the residents at avantara. The nurses, the CNA’s and all the other staff that work there. The place is really clean, just know you guys are doing an awesome job.

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Government Inspection History

4 inspection visits in the last three years, 38 citations on file. Inspections are conducted by state agencies on behalf of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

May 7, 2025Health Complaint1 citation
  • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Apr 24, 2025

Apr 2, 2025Fire Safety StandardHealth ComplaintHealth Standard11 citations
  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

    Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected May 1, 2025

  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedCorrected May 1, 2025

  • Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected May 1, 2025

  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

    Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected May 1, 2025

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected May 1, 2025

  • Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.

    Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected May 1, 2025

  • Conduct risk assessment and an All-Hazards approach.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 28, 2025

  • Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 28, 2025

  • 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.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected May 1, 2025

  • Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected May 1, 2025

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected May 1, 2025

Jan 9, 2024Fire Safety StandardHealth ComplaintHealth Standard14 citations
  • 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.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Feb 20, 2024

  • Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Feb 20, 2024

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Feb 20, 2024

  • Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Feb 20, 2024

  • Post nurse staffing information every day.

    Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Feb 20, 2024

  • Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 20, 2024

  • Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 20, 2024

  • 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.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 20, 2024

  • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 20, 2024

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 20, 2024

  • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 20, 2024

  • 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.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 20, 2024

  • Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 20, 2024

  • Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jan 4, 2024

Jan 13, 2023Fire Safety StandardHealth Standard12 citations
  • Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs.

    Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 11, 2023

  • Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Feb 11, 2023

  • Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Feb 11, 2023

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Feb 11, 2023

  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Feb 11, 2023

  • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

    Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Feb 11, 2023

  • Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 20, 2023

  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 11, 2023

  • Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 11, 2023

  • Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 11, 2023

  • Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jan 15, 2023

  • Provide properly protected cooking facilities.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jan 23, 2023

Source: CMS Care Compare, public federal data covering certified nursing facilities, refreshed monthly. Citations range from A (least serious) to L (most serious) on the federal scope and severity scale. Most citations are corrected quickly; review the details and ask the community about anything that concerns you.

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of care does Avantara Pierre offer?

Avantara Pierre offers Memory Care and Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.

Where is Avantara Pierre located?

Avantara Pierre is located at 950 East Park Street in Pierre, South Dakota.

How did Avantara Pierre do on recent health and safety inspections?

Avantara Pierre had 4 government inspection visits in the last three years, with 38 citations on file according to CMS Care Compare data. The full history, including what each citation was for and whether it was corrected, is in the inspection section on this page.

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