These are the 44 worst-rated SC nursing homes, according to the federal government. Take a look
As the Baby Boomer generation continues to age, the need for more nursing home care grows — but currently for South Carolina, quality varies among such facilities.
Born from 1946 to 1964, there are more than 70 million estimated Baby Boomers, and by 2030, they will all be at least 65 years old, U.S. Census data shows. But that’s not all.
With better health care increasing lifespans and birth rates dropping among young women, older adults could outnumber children under 18 years old for the first time in U.S. history by 2034, the Census Bureau projects.
As such, the need for more and better quality nursing home care will be paramount in the coming years. However, not all nursing homes offer the same high level of care, including those in South Carolina.
Based on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ five-star rating system for nursing homes, of the 187 facilities examined in the state, 43 or about 23% currently have the worst one-star rating, while one has had so many violations that it isn’t rated at all. And of those, 17 have been cited for abuse.
Another 36 nursing homes have the highest five-star rating.
The CMS star rating system is based on staffing, health inspections and quality measures. Most of the nursing homes in the U.S. are in the star rating system, given that CMS examines all facilities that accept payments from Medicaid and Medicare.
However, CMS notes that “no rating system can address all of the important considerations that go into a decision about which nursing home may be best for a particular person.”
President Joe Biden late last year announced new steps to improve nursing home quality, including offering more resources to support good paying, union jobs in nursing home care, along with stronger enforcement for the worst-performing nursing homes — specifically ones in the Special Focus Facilities Program. The SFF Program already provides more frequent inspections.
Currently, only one South Carolina nursing home is in the SFF Program, the PruittHealth-Aiken facility at 830 Laurens Street North, Aiken, S.C. The CMS rating website states that the facility “is not rated due to a series of serious quality issues. This nursing home is subject to more frequent inspections, escalating penalties and potential termination from Medicare and Medicaid.”
Below is a full list of the 44 worst-rated South Carolina nursing homes, followed by a list of the 36 best-rated nursing homes. For more details on each nursing home’s rating, click here.
Worst-rated nursing homes
- Bayview Manor (cited for abuse) — 11 Todd Drive, Beaufort
- Blue Ridge In Georgetown — 2715 South Island Road, Georgetown
- Blue Ridge of Sumter — 1761 Pinewood Road
- Brian Center Nursing Care - St. Andrews (cited for abuse) — 3514 Sydney Road, Columbia
- Carlyle Senior Care of Aiken (cited for abuse) — 123 Dupont Dr. Northeast, Aiken
- Carlyle Senior Care Florence — 133 West Clarke Road, Florence
- Condor Health Anderson (cited for abuse) — 611 East Hampton St., Anderson
- Conway Manor (cited for abuse) — 3300 4th Ave., Conway
- Dr. Ronald E. McNair Nursing & Rehabilitation Center — 56 Genesis Dr., Lake City
- Dundee Manor, LLC — 710 15-401 Bypass, West, Bennettsville
- Golden Age Inman — 82 N. Main St., Inman
- Greenville Post Acute (cited for abuse) — 661 Rutherford Rd., Greenville
- Greer Post-Acute — 401 Chandler Rd., Greer
- Hallmark Healthcare Center — 255 Midland Parkway, Summerville
- Heartland Health Care Center-Union — 709 Rice Ave., Union
- Heartland of West Ashley — 1137 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., Charleston
- Heritage Home of Florence Inc. (cited for abuse) — 515 South Warley St., Florence
- Inman Healthcare — 51 N Main St., Inman
- Iva Post-Acute — 406 West Broad St., Iva
- Johns Island Post Acute — 3647 Maybank Highway, Johns Island
- Lake City Scranton Healthcare Center — 1940 Boyd Rd., Scranton
- Lake Emory Post Acute Care — 59 Blackstock Rd., Inman
- Linley Park Post Acute (cited for abuse) — 208 James St., Anderson
- Magnolia Manor - Columbia — 1008 N. King St., Columbia
- Magnolia Manor - Greenville — 411 Ansel St., Greenville
- Magnolia Manor - Inman — 63 Blackstock Rd., Inman
- Magnolia Manor - Rock Hill — 127 Murray Dr., Rock Hill
- Magnolia Place - Spartanburg (cited for abuse) — 8020 White Ave., Spartanburg
- McCoy Memorial Nursing Center (cited for abuse) — 207 Chappell Dr., Bishopville
- MUSC Health Mullins Nursing Home — 518 S. Main St., Mullins
- Patewood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center — 2 Griffith Rd., Greensville
- Poinsett Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center (cited for abuse) — 8 North Texas Ave., Greenville
- PruittHealth - Aiken (cited for abuse and under Special Focus Facility Program) — 830 Laurens Street North, Aiken
- PruittHealth - Monks Corner — 505 South Live Oak Drive, Moncks Corner
- PruittHealth - Ridgeway (cited for abuse) — 213 Tanglewood Court, Ridgeway
- Ridgeland Nursing Center Inc (cited for abuse) — 1516 Grays Highway Grays Highway, Ridgeland
- Sandpiper Post Acute (cited for abuse) — 1049 Anna Knapp Boulevard, Mount Pleasant
- Skylyn Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (cited for abuse) — 1705 Skylyn Dr., Spartanburg
- Springdale Healthcare Center — 146 Battleship Rd., Camden
- St. George Healthcare Center — 905 Duke St., Saint George
- The Gables of Pelham Skilled Nursing & Rehab — 1306 Pelham Rd., Greenville
- The Methodist Oaks — 151 Lovely Dr., Orangeburg
- The Retreat of Brightwater — 171 Brightwater Dr., Myrtle Beach
- Viviant Healthcare of Hanahan (cited for abuse) — 1800 Eagle Landing Blvd., Charleston
Best-rated nursing homes
- Abbeville Nursing Home Inc. — 83 Thomson Circle, Abbeville
- Faith Healthcare Center — 617 West Marion St., Florence
- Franke Health Care Center — 1885 Rifle Range Rd., Mount Pleasant
- Fraser Health Center — 300 Wood Haven Dr., Hilton Head Island
- Greenwood Transitional Rehabilitation Unit — 1530 Parkway, Greenwood
- Heartland of Columbia Rehab and Nursing Center — 2601 Forest Dr., Columbia
- John Edward Harter Nursing Center — 185 Revolutionary Trail, Fairfax
- KershawHealth Karesh Long Term Care — 1311 Roberts St., Camden
- Lake Marion Nursing Facility — 1527 Urbana Rd., Summerton
- Life Care Center of Hilton Head — 120 Lamotte Dr., Hilton Head Island
- Loris Rehab and Nursing Center, LLC — 3620 Stevens St., Loris
- Medford Nursing Center — 105 Medford Dr., Darlington
- NHC Healthcare - Charleston — 2230 Ashley Crossing Dr., Charleston
- NHC Healthcare - Clinton — 304 Jacobs Highway, Clinton
- NHC Healthcare - Greenville — 1305 Boiling Springs Rd., Greer
- NHC Healthcare - Greenwood — 437 East Cambridge St., Greenwood
- NHC Healthcare - Lexington — 2993 Sunset Blvd., West Columbia
- NHC Healthcare - Mauldin — 850 E. Butler Rd., Greenville
- NHC Healthcare - Sumter — 1018 N Guignard, Sumter
- Oakhaven Nursing Center — 123 Oak St., Darlington
- Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina - Clinton — 801 Musgrove St., Clinton
- Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina - Florence — 2350 W Lucas St., Florence
- Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina - Foothills — 205 Bud Nalley Dr., Easley
- PruittHealth - Barnwell — 31 Wren St., Barnwell
- PruittHealth - Dillon — 413 Lakeside Court, Dillon
- Rock Hill Post Acute Care Center — 159 Sedgewood Dr., Rock Hill
- Rosecrest Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center — 200 Fortress Dr., Inman
- Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care — 389 Serpentine Dr., Spartanburg
- Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community — 1 Still Hopes Dr., West Columbia
- The Arboretum at the Woodlands — 50 Arboretum Way, Greenville
- The Lodge at Wellmore - Tega Cay — 111 Wellmore Dr., Fort Mill
- Westminster Health & Rehab Center — 831 McDow Dr., Rock Hill
- White Oak Manor - Newberry — 2555 Kinard St., Newberry
- White Oak Manor - Spartanburg — 295 East Pearl St., Spartanburg
- Willow Brooke Court at Park Pointe Village — 3025 Chesbrough Blvd., Rock Hill
- Windsor Manor — 4483 ummcerton Highway, Manning
This story was originally published January 23, 2023 at 5:30 AM.
