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Bowdle Nursing Home

8001 W 5TH STREET, BOWDLE, SD, 57428
(605) 285-6146
27 licensed beds
★★★★★4/5CMS Five-Star overall4/5 health inspections4/5 staffing3/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Public record summary

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Bed capacity
27
CMS facility ID
435107
Care type
Nursing home
County
Edmunds
Facility name
Bowdle Nursing Home
Street address
8001 W 5TH STREET
City / state / ZIP
Bowdle, SD 57428
Phone
(605) 285-6146

About this facility — Bowdle Nursing Home

Bowdle Nursing Home is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Bowdle, South Dakota. It is licensed for 27 beds — below the median for skilled nursing facilities in South Dakota (52 beds).

It is one of 2 senior care facilities in Bowdle and 96 skilled nursing facilities across South Dakota. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Bowdle Nursing Home 8 times across 6 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

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Ownership & operator

Ownership type
Government - City

Registered owners & officers

City of Bowdle
Direct owner — 100% stake — since 1987
Barnhardt, Darryn
Director — since 2022
Bobby, Margaret
Director — since 2022
Boschee, Rick
Director — since 2000
Gab, Rex
Director — since 2022
Gunderson, Michael
Director — since 2017
Kessler, Lacey
Managing employee · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2017
Kleffman, Darwyn
Managing employee · Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Maier, Russell
Director — since 2023
Shaykett, Amber
Director — since 2022

Regulatory standing

Licensed / certified since
1997-09-01
CMS overall rating
4 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
2 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
None on record
Last standard inspection
2025-07-25
Nurse staffing
3.8 hours per resident per day

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
27
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 1 food-safety citation on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2025-07-25Health inspection2 citations
F-0727
F · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2025-03-07
F-0880
E · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2025-09-08
2024-02-08Health inspection3 citations
F-0755
D · No harm found
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Corrected 2024-03-20
F-0812
E · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2024-03-20
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2024-03-20
2 earlier / fire-safety inspections (3 citations)
2023-04-26Fire-safety inspection1 citation
K-0293
D · No harm found
Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.
Corrected 2023-05-19
2021-11-03Fire-safety inspection2 citations
K-0222
F · No harm found
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Corrected 2021-11-18
K-0911
D · No harm found
Meet requirements for the installation and maintenance of electrical systems.
Corrected 2021-11-04
Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 435107.

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Ownership & corporate history

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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Original records

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Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
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Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
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