Charleston County, South Carolina
County inventory for Charleston 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
9 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Charleston County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 11 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 South Carolina medians + CMS Five-Star.
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Sheet SC-CHARLESTON-SOUTH-CAROLINA · Charleston, SC
NH-MID · BEDS-MID · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-MID 11 homes
- BEDS-MID 1,245 beds
- STAR-MID 3.1★ avg
- HH-SMALL 9 HH
- RANK-HIGH #250/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Hamilton
- AL-MID $5,350/mo
- BOOK-FULL 11/11 NH · 9/9 HH
Photo-finish peer: Hamilton County, TN (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 Charleston County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Charleston County: 9 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 11 nursing homes and 1,245 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.1/5 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 Charleston providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Charleston County break as 2 at 1★, 3 at 2★, 1 at 3★, 2 at 4★, 3 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (55% of 11 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Health Care Center, Kempton Of Charleston, NHC Healthcare - Charleston. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Charleston, 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 4★
- 5 4★
Nursing Homes in Charleston County
11 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Health Care Center | Charleston | 5/5 | 41 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Kempton Of Charleston | Charleston | 5/5 | 23 | For profit - Corporation |
| NHC Healthcare - Charleston | Charleston | 5/5 | 88 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Oak Harbor Healthcare | Mt Pleasant | 4/5 | 132 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| White Oak Manor - Charleston | Charleston | 4/5 | 176 | For profit - Corporation |
| Franke Health Care Center | Mount Pleasant | 3/5 | 44 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Ashley River Healthcare | Charleston | 2/5 | 125 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Johns Island Post Acute, LLC | Johns Island | 2/5 | 132 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Life Care Center Of Charleston | N Charleston | 2/5 | 148 | For profit - Corporation |
| Riverside Health and Rehab | Charleston | 1/5 | 160 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Sandpiper Post Acute | Mount Pleasant | 1/5 | 176 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
Home Health Agencies in Charleston County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Amedisys Home Health of Charleston | North Charleston | 4.5 |
| Amedisys Home Health of Charleston East | Charleston | 4.5 |
| Centerwell Home Health | North Charleston | 4.5 |
| Interim Healthcare | North Charleston | 4.0 |
| Musc Health at Home, By Bayada- Charleston | Charleston | 3.5 |
| Nhc Homecare - Low Country | North Charleston | 3.0 |
| Roper-St. Francis Home Health | Charleston | 3.0 |
| Phc Home Health | Charleston | 2.5 |
| Kidscare Home Health of South Carolina LLC | North Charleston | N/A |
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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Charleston 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 (11 here).
Similar home-health inventory
Nearest other-state counties by mapped home-health agency count (9 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 Charleston County.