Six SD nursing homes are among nation’s worst-rated, eligible for federal improvement program

Six SD nursing homes are among nation’s worst-rated, eligible for federal improvement program

Good Samaritan Society Sioux Falls Center, which was recently removed from a remedial program for nursing homes. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight)Six of South Dakota’s 96 nursing homes are on the newest monthly federal list of the nation’s worst-rated care facilities. Five of the facilities are eligible for a special program to improve quality of care through increased regulatory oversight, and one is already in the program. The eligible Sout…