Beaufort County, South Carolina
County inventory for Beaufort County, South Carolina is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Home-health agency signature
3 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Beaufort County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 7 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 South Carolina medians + CMS Five-Star.
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Sheet SC-BEAUFORT-SOUTH-CAROLINA · Beaufort, SC
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 7 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 531 beds
- STAR-MID 3.6★ avg
- HH-SMALL 3 HH
- RANK-HIGH #418/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Hawaii
- AL-MID $5,350/mo
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 NH · 3/3 HH
Photo-finish peer: Hawaii County, HI (0 NH count).
Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.
What a dense home-health map shows for Beaufort County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Beaufort County: 3 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 7 nursing homes and 531 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.6/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 South Carolina medians: assisted living $5,350/mo, semi-private nursing $9,034/mo, private nursing $9,612/mo, home health aide $5,982/mo, adult day $1,560/mo. Local Beaufort providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts skew stronger here (1 at 1★, 2 at 2★, 4 at 5★). Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (43% of 7 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Broad Creek Care Center, Fraser Health Center, Sprenger Health Care of Port Royal. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Beaufort, SC
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 5★
- 2 5★
- 3 5★
- 4 5★
- 5 2★
Nursing Homes in Beaufort County
7 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broad Creek Care Center | Hilton Head Island | 5/5 | 25 | For profit - Corporation |
| Fraser Health Center | Hilton Head Island | 5/5 | 33 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Sprenger Health Care of Port Royal | Port Royal | 5/5 | 65 | For profit - Corporation |
| The Preston Health Center | Hilton Head Island | 5/5 | 62 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Life Care Center of Hilton Head | Hilton Head Island | 2/5 | 88 | For profit - Corporation |
| Resorts at Beaufort | Beaufort | 2/5 | 170 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Ridgeland Nursing Center Inc | Ridgeland | 1/5 | 88 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
Home Health Agencies in Beaufort County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Amedisys Home Health of Beaufort | Ladys Island | 5.0 |
| Amedisys Home Health of Bluffton | Bluffton | 4.0 |
| Enhabit Home Health Bluffton | Bluffton | 2.5 |
Read next for home-health-dense Beaufort
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Beaufort County, SC, both outside SC so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the South Carolina overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (7 here).
Continue on the South Carolina elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are South Carolina state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).
Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Beaufort County.