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Respite Care in South Dakota

We're still building out our respite care directory for South Dakota. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

What respite can cost in South Dakota

Respite is short-term relief for a family caregiver, not a separate facility class with its own national price survey. The ranges below are derived from published South Dakota figures for in-home care, adult day, and assisted living. They are planning estimates, not quotes.

  • In-home respite: about $44/hour from the local in-home monthly median (44 hrs/week survey standard). Roughly $354 for an 8-hour day, or $1,770 for a 40-hour week.
  • Facility short-stay (AL slice): about $163/day (local assisted-living monthly ÷ 30), or about $1,141 for a week. Communities often bill a higher short-stay rate; ask before booking.

Method: divide published monthly medians into hourly/daily slices as above. Full notes on our methodology page.

South Dakota licensing & regulation

State-by-state licensing agency details and how to check a facility's complaint history for South Dakota are coming soon.

Medicaid & local resources in South Dakota

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

South Dakota Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in South Dakota resolve concerns about care and rights.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.

Cities in South Dakota

Show the other 455 cities in South Dakota

Providers disclosing respite care in South Dakota

No providers in South Dakota currently carry an official respite care service flag.

Respite Care is a service disclosed on other licensed settings, not a separate facility directory. We only list providers when a state source field says so.

How we rank these

Frequently asked questions

Which cities in South Dakota have respite care listings?

We track 485 South Dakota cities for respite care. See the city list on this page for options near you.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed respite care providers in South Dakota are listed with government-sourced data. State median cost not yet published.

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Respite Care in South Dakota. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/respite-care/south-dakota/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Respite Care in South Dakota." ElderCareCosts. Accessed September 17, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/respite-care/south-dakota/.

These figures may be quoted and reproduced with attribution and a link back to this page. No permission needed. Methodology · Data sources · Who produces this · Corrections

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