Nursing homes in the Greenville area

What does a nursing home provide in South Carolina?

A South Carolina nursing home provides 24-hour care by licensed nurses and aides, rehabilitation therapy, medication management and help with every daily activity, for people whose medical needs exceed what a CRCF may provide; DPH licenses every nursing home.

DPH lists 34 licensed nursing homes in the four counties with 3,764 licensed beds; CMS rates 33 of them, 15 with four or five stars overall (Care Compare data as of October 1, 2026). Many also run short-term rehab units for patients recovering after a hospital stay.

How are South Carolina nursing homes rated?

CMS rates certified nursing homes from one to five stars on Care Compare, combining health inspection results, nurse staffing and quality measures; DPH conducts the inspections, and DPH can also issue its own enforcement orders.

Our nursing home pages show each home's CMS ratings, latest inspection date, deficiencies, staffing hours and turnover next to the four-county median.

How much does a nursing home cost, and who pays?

CareScout's 2025 South Carolina medians are about $9,034 a month for a semi-private room and $9,612 for a private room; Medicare pays for up to 100 skilled days after a qualifying hospital stay, and Healthy Connections Medicaid pays for long-term care for eligible residents.

In 2026 nursing home Medicaid generally uses a $2,982 monthly income limit, with a qualified income trust for income above it, and a $2,000 resource limit for an individual.

How do I choose a nursing home in the Greenville area?

Use CMS Care Compare data to build a short list, paying attention to health inspection results, staffing hours and turnover as well as the overall stars, then visit each home at a mealtime and in the evening and ask about staff consistency and how families are kept informed.

Our nursing home pages compare each home's staffing hours and turnover with the four-county median and list DPH enforcement orders since January 2025. Ask whether the home accepts Healthy Connections Medicaid for long-term stays, how Medicaid beds are assigned, and whether the home has a resident and family council.

What is the difference between a nursing home's rehab unit and its long-term floors?

Rehab units serve short-stay patients recovering after a hospital admission, with daily therapy and a goal of going home, usually paid by Medicare; long-term floors serve residents who live there, paid privately or by Medicaid, with care organized around daily life rather than therapy.

CMS publishes separate short-stay and long-stay quality measures, so a home can be strong at one and weaker at the other. Look at the measures that match your parent's situation.

Where is nursing homes licensed across the Greenville area?

Here is how DPH's licensing data distributes nursing homes across Greenville, Anderson, Pickens and Laurens counties.