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At under $200 a day, South Carolina’s nursing home prices fall below the estimated national average (over $225 for a private room). But that doesn’t mean quality necessarily suffers. Medicare gives 20 percent of South Carolina’s nursing homes five stars overall, as of this writing. That’s the second highest percentage in the Southeast. (Alabama ranks first.)
Approximate number of facilities:
- Nursing homes: 188
- Assisted living residences: 480*
Types of care available:
- Adult day care
- Home care
- Home health-care
- Continuing-care retirement communities
- Assisted living facilities (community residential care facilities)
- Nursing homes
Estimated average prices:**
- Adult day care: $48 per day
- Home care: $17 per hour
- Home health-care: $18 per hour
- Assisted living: $ 3,038 per month
- Nursing home, semi-private room: $176 per day
- Nursing home, private room: $191 per day
State websites for seniors:
Where to report elder abuse:
- In domestic/community care: 803-898-7318
- In nursing homes: 803-898-2850
Financial assistance (partial list):
Top-10 largest cities:
- Columbia
- Charleston
- North Charleston
- Greenville
- Rock Hill
- Mount Pleasant
- Spartanburg
- Sumter
- Hilton Head Island
- Florence
Top nursing homes, based on Medicare ratings:***
Abbeville
Abbeville Nursing Home
Aiken
Faith Health & Rehab of Aiken
Anderson
NHC Healthcare – Anderson
Bluffton
NHC Healthcare – Bluffton
Cheraw
Cheraw Healthcare
Clinton
Laurens County Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility
Columbia
BMC Subacute Rehab Center
NHC Healthcare – Parklane
White Oak Manor – Columbia
Conway
Agape Rehabilitation of Conway
Darlington
Medford Nursing Center
Oakhaven Nursing Center
Easley
Capstone Health & Rehab of Easley
Florence
Carolinas Hospital System Transitional Care
Garden City
NHC Healthcare – Garden City
Greenville
Greenville Memorial Medical Center Subacute
Omega Health & Rehab of Greenville
Rolling Green Village
Greenwood
Greenwood Transitional Rehabilitation Unit
NHC Healthcare – Greenwood
Greer
NHC Healthcare – Greenville
Hartsville
Morrell Nursing Center
Marietta
Hope Health & Rehab of Marietta
Marion
Marion Nursing Center
McCormick
Petra Health & Rehab of Mccormick
Mount Pleasant
Franke Health Care Center
Sandpiper Rehab & Nursing
Mullins
Mullins Nursing Center
Myrtle Beach
Grand Strand Healthcare
Newberry
Newberry County Memorial Hospital Transitional Care Unit
Pickens
Redeemer Health & Rehab of Pickens
Piedmont
Hosanna Health and Rehab of Piedmont
Saint Stephen
Lake Moultrie Nursing Home
Saluda
Saluda Nursing Center
Spartanburg
Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care Skilled Nursing Facility
Sumter
NHC Healthcare – Sumter
Walterboro
Heritage Healthcare of Walterboro
West Columbia
NHC Healthcare – Lexington
*Assisted-living residence numbers are from the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2007 Residential Care and Assisted Living Compendium. According to the National Center for Assisted Living, this is the industry’s only resource for such data. Depending on the state, the number may or may not include small residential-care homes, such as adult foster care.
**Senior-care price estimates are based on the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, which reports average rates,and the Genworth 2011 Cost of Care Survey, which reports median rates.
***Medicare rates nursing homes in four categories using a five-star system. These are the nursing homes with five stars in the “Overall” category. The ratings were accessed on Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare site in November or December 2011 and are subject to change. The Medicare ratings system isn’t perfect, so use additional criteria to evaluate nursing homes as well.
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