Shepherds Care Center

What do DPH's records say about Shepherds Care Center?

Yes: the S.C. Department of Public Health lists Shepherds Care Center as a licensed CRCF with 90 beds, larger than the 64-bed median for the 61 senior-serving CRCFs in Greenville, Anderson, Pickens and Laurens counties.

The license renews every year, and the record shows the current term running to March 31, 2027. Because DPH charges the license fee per licensed bed ($10 a bed, $75 minimum), the licensed-bed figure is a dependable measure of the building's size.

DPH assigns license numbers in sequence. CRC-2378 is number 51 of 61 when the four-county senior CRCF roster is sorted from the lowest number to the highest, a rough guide to how long this license line has existed rather than the age of the building.

Can Shepherds Care Center care for someone with dementia who wanders?

DPH's licensing data flags an Alzheimer's special care unit or program at Shepherds Care Center, which South Carolina defines as a secure, special unit or program for residents with probable Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia that limits residents' access outside the designated area (Regulation 60-84, Section 101.F).

South Carolina does not set a separate staffing ratio for dementia units; the general CRCF minimum of one staff member per eight residents at peak hours and one per 30 at night applies to the building. Ask how many staff are physically on the secured unit at 2 a.m.

See how South Carolina regulates Alzheimer's units.

Are there any DPH enforcement orders on file for Shepherds Care Center?

None that we found: Shepherds Care Center does not appear in DPH's monthly Healthcare Quality enforcement reports from January 2025 to September 2026.

Absence from the enforcement list says the facility has not recently been fined or sanctioned; it says nothing about routine citations, which you can only see by requesting the inspection report.

How can we see Shepherds Care Center's inspection reports?

By written request to DPH Healthcare Quality, or by asking Shepherds Care Center directly: the reports are public under Regulation 60-84, Section 202.E, though South Carolina does not publish them online in bulk.

DPH may also visit to investigate a complaint, and those reports are public on the same terms. When you ask for the latest report, ask whether it came from a routine inspection or a complaint investigation.

Which assisted living facilities are closest to Shepherds Care Center?

The closest other senior-serving CRCF is Terrabella Summit in Greenville, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line, with 65 licensed beds and an Alzheimer's special care unit flag on DPH's roster.

What medical care is close to Shepherds Care Center in Greenville?

Shepherds Care Center is in the Downtown, North Main & Augusta Road part of Greenville; the nearest general acute-care hospital on DPH's roster is Prisma Health Patewood Hospital, about 3.7 miles away by straight line.

Next is St. Francis-Eastside at about 3.8 miles. Distances are straight lines between DPH's mapped points, not drive times.

If nursing care is needed later, the nearest CMS-certified nursing homes are Greenville Post Acute (1.5 mi, CMS 3 of 5) and Magnolia Manor-Greenville (4.1 mi, CMS 2 of 5).

What questions does Shepherds Care Center's record raise?

Let the state record set the agenda: request the latest DPH inspection or complaint-investigation report and the plan of correction that answered it.

• At 90 licensed beds, the peak-hour minimum is 12 staff and the overnight minimum 3; ask how far above that Shepherds Care Center actually staffs.
• Ask for the written Alzheimer's special care disclosure and how many beds are inside the secured area.
• Ask what happens if a private-pay resident's money runs out, and whether the building accepts OSS residents.
• Take the admission agreement home before signing and check the level-of-care fees, the refund policy and the 30-day notice clause.