Long Term Care

Winner Regional Long Term Care is an 60 bed skilled nursing facility, with an 11 bed secured, Special Care Unit.

Resident Centered Care
At Winner Regional Long Term Care, our culture is that of a home-like atmosphere with “resident centered care” offering peace of mind to residents and their family members. The total well-being of the patient, which includes spiritual, physical and mental welfare, is the primary concern of those entrusted with the care of residents at our facility.

Restorative care is readily available at Winner Regional Health, providing therapy and exercises as needed. Socialization and activities galore are offered throughout the day in the LTC expanded activity program. As the facility is structurally and administratively connected to the hospital, immediate, quality care is always at hand.

The residents do not live in our workplace… we work in their home.

A commitment to resident centered care means our focus is not on a regimented medical model of care, but rather a home model in which the residents’ desires are the priority, with our nursing and medical staff offering the underlying healthcare support residents need.

Our residents decide when they wake up and go to bed, they choose their monthly menus and establish many of the events on their Activity Calendar. In general, our residents play a role in deciding how they live their lives.

Over the past few years, we have provided our residents with opportunities to pilot an airplane, ride horses, visit the pool halls in town, eat at local restaurants and attend livestock auctions – basically, continue to be a part of their community.

Long Term Care Contact

To learn more about Winner Regional Health’s Long Term Care services or to arrange a tour, please feel free to contact our Social Services Department at

(605) 842-7221.

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Our Resident Rooms

As we strive to make our residents feel at home as much as possible, each resident is provided with his/her own spacious room and bathroom. This includes a bed, bedside stand, private wardrobe, entertainment center and scenic window looking out on our well-groomed lawns. We encourage outdoor activity and provide our residents safe sidewalks and a tranquil patio offering outdoor seating, a fountain and flower/vegetable planters.
Each room has space for residents to bring in numerous personal items so their room feels as much like home as possible.

Pet Policy

Residents always enjoy visits from animal friends! There’s nothing that brings a smile to a resident’s face faster than a kitten or puppy! We welcome pets into the facility but ask that visitors keep these guidelines in mind:

Visitors with animals must sign in at the nurses’ desk upon arrival.
Visiting pets must be on a flea and tick residual control program and must be free of internal and external parasites and disease.
Your pet MUST stay with its owner at all times.
Owners will be responsible for cleaning up pet messes as best they can.
Animals WILL NOT be allowed in the resident dining room, cafeteria or kitchen.
If pets show viciousness towards any resident, visitor or staff, the pet must be removed immediately.
Animals are not allowed into any isolation room.
No overnight pet guests without prior approval.

For a complete list of pet rules and regulations, visitors and residents may ask to have a copy of Activity Policy 1253.

Resident Mail

Staying in touch with friends and family members is important and receiving a thoughtful note always lifts a person’s spirit. If you have loved ones at our facility, you may send or email them a letter, pictures, etc… and they will receive it right away. If you’d like to send an email to a resident, please include the resident’s name in the subject line of the message and send it to wrhc@sanfordhealth.org.

Or, feel free to send a letter. All letters will be delivered directly to the resident. The address is:

Winner Regional Long Term Care
RESIDENT NAME
745 E. 8th Street
Winner, South Dakota 57580

Respite Care

Caring for a Senior is hard work! Our Respite Care program gives caregivers an opportunity to take a temporary break for any and all reasons while offering respite care guests access to the amenities and care that we offer on a daily basis. It is important that caregivers are able to rest too, so that they can give their all to those they take care of.

What is respite care? Respite care is a temporary stay at a senior living community, often suggested for seniors who are recovering from a hospital visit, fall, surgery or other health circumstance, but is also available for caregiver vacations, senior living trial periods or any other reason.
Our respite care program has all the comforts of home with caring professionals who provide short-term care for a few days or weeks. It’s a home away from home, while you need it. A respite stay at Winner Regional Health offers flexibility to seniors and their caring loved ones.

For more information call 605-842-7221