Carlyle Senior Care of Florence

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

Met the expected recovery: 25.0% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 36 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.15 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 12% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 4% of this home’s weekday level — it runs therapy on weekdays, with essentially none at the weekend. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 88 beds and averages 76.4 residents a day — about 87% occupied, or roughly 12 beds typically open. It runs fairly full. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 3.51 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.41 is below the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 1.98 is below the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 3.12 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.67 on weekdays — 15% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.41 to 0.42 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 60% is well above the national median of 45%.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are unchanged from the previous inspection. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

17 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 7 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · F2026-03-26 · tag F0638 — widespread
  Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to complete quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments were completed no greater than 92 days from the most recent prior quarterly review for 14 of 16 residents' records reviewed and 19 of 19 quarterly assessments reviewed which had the potential to affect all residents living in the facility.Findings include:A review of facility policy titled MDS 3.0 Completion implemented on 10/1/25 without review or revision dates revealed, Policy: Residents are assessed, using a comprehensive assessment process, in order to identify care needs and to develop an interdisciplinary care plan. Policy Explanation and Compliance Guidelines: . e. Quarterly Assessment - completed using an ARD no >92 days from the most recent prior quarterly or comprehensive assessment (counting ARD to ARD) .A review of 14 of 16 residents' records for quarterly assessments revealed 19 of 19 assessments were not completed within 92 days of the Annual Review Date (ARD) or the last…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Fcited before2026-03-26 · tag F0867 — failed to act on quality-improvement findings — widespread
  Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to implement an effective Performance Improvement Plan to address facility water temperatures. This had the potential to affect all 78 residents. Findings include: Review of facility document titled 'QAPI' (not dated) revealed, Maintenance-We provide a maintenance program that maintains building safety, conducts repairs as needed, and performs safety inspections in accordance with State and Federal expectations to ensure all aspects of safety are enforced, ensuring the safety and well- being for each resident, visitor, and staff who enters the building. A review of facility QAPI meeting minutes from 2/2025 through 2/2026 showed there was no indication of Performance Improvement Plan in place concerning plumbing problems or water temperatures. Review of Water Temperature Log 2026 revealed water temperatures below 100 degrees during week three the whirlpool (99 degrees), week five room [ROOM NUMBER] (97 degrees), week six room [ROOM NUMBER]…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Administration Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2026-03-26 · tag F0584 — failed to keep a safe, clean, comfortable home — pattern
  Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure comfortable water temperatures were maintained throughout resident care areas as identified in 1 of 1 resident council meeting (Resident (R)55, R59, R68, and R69) and 1 of 19 resident (R9) interviews. Findings include: Review of facility policy titled Safe Water Temperatures dated 10/1/25 revealed It is the policy of this facility to maintain appropriate water temperatures in resident care areas. Policy Explanation and Guidelines: 2. Staff will be educated on safe water temperatures upon employment and on a regular basis 4. Staff will report abnormal findings, such as complaints of water too cold or hot, burns, redness, or any problems with water temperatures (ex. water is painful to touch or causes redness) to supervisor and/or maintenance staff. Review of facility policy titled Safe and Homelike Environment dated 8/1/25 revealed Policy: In accordance with resident's rights, the facility will provide a safe, clean, comfortable and…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2026-03-26 · tag F0585 — failed to handle grievances — pattern
  Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review, interview, and observation, the facility failed to ensure resident grievances were documented and resolved related to uncomfortable water temperatures during 1 of 1 resident group interview (Resident (R)55, R59, R68, and R69) and 1 of 19 (R9) resident interviews. Findings include: A group interview was conducted with four cognitively intact residents R55, R59, R68 and R69 on 03/25/26 at 11:00AM. The residents were regular participants in the facility's Resident Council group. They were asked about their group as well as any other concerns they had with the facility. All four residents stated that they had no hot water in the bathrooms in their rooms. They stated they are cleaned with cold to tepid water routinely. R69 stated that the shower room water is often too cold as well. The group stated they had discussed it with the former Activities Director (AD) who passed away December 2025.The current AD provided the resident council notes from December 2025 through March 2026. The review…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2026-03-26 · tag F0636 — pattern
  Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview, the facility (1) failed to ensure the comprehensive Annual Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment was completed within 366 days of the Assessment Reference Date (ARD) for eight of eight residents reviewed requiring an Annual MDS assessment (Resident (R) 7, R17, R27, R33, R52, R60, R63, and R73) and (2) failed to ensure the comprehensive admission MDS assessment was completed within 14 days of admission for two of six residents reviewed for admission MDS assessment (R55 and R81).Findings include:1. A review of facility policy titled MDS 3.0 Completion implemented on 10/1/25, without review or revision dates indicated, Policy: Residents are assessed, using a comprehensive assessment process, in order to identify care needs and to develop an interdisciplinary care plan .Policy Explanation and Compliance Guidelines: .c. Annual Assessment- a comprehensive assessment completed using an ARD no > 366 days from the most recent prior comprehensive assessment and no > 92 days from the most recent quarterly assessment (counting ARD to ARD) A review of the…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-03-26 · tag F0637 — isolated
  Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to complete significant change Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments within 14 days of a significant change for one of one significant change assessment reviewed for timely completion (Resident (R)1).Findings include:A review of facility policy titled MDS 3.0 Completion implemented on 10/1/25 without review or revision dates revealed, Policy: Residents are assessed, using a comprehensive assessment process, in order to identify care needs and to develop an interdisciplinary care plan. Policy Explanation and Compliance Guidelines: . d. Significant Change in Status Assessment (SCSA) - a comprehensive assessment completed within 14 days of the identification of a status change that meets the requirements outlined in Chapter 2 of the Version 3.0 RAI Manual.The significant change Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment for Resident 9 was reviewed and indicated the resident's diagnoses included, but were not limited to: diabetes mellitus requiring insulin,…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Fcited before2025-03-27 · tag F0867 — failed to act on quality-improvement findings — widespread
  Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on review of facility policy, document review and interview, the facility failed to develop and implement an effective, comprehensive, data-driven Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program that focuses on indicators of the outcomes of care and quality of life and addresses all the care and unique services the facility provides. Specifically, they failed to complete systematic investigations and analysis of underlying causes or contributing factors of problems affecting facility-wide processes that impact quality of care, quality of life, and resident safety related to abuse prevention. This deficient practice has the potential to affect all residents in the facility. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled QAPI dated 10/24/22, revealed, It is the policy of this facility to develop, implement, and maintain an effective, comprehensive, data-driven QAPI program that focuses on indicators of the outcomes of care and quality of life and addresses all the care and unique services the facility provides .The facility conducts at least one distinct…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Administration Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2025-03-27 · tag F0881 — failed to use antibiotics responsibly — pattern
  Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on review of the facility policy, record review and interviews, the facility failed to monitor and evaluate antibiotic usage for four of five residents (Resident (R) 24, R81, R55, and R15) reviewed for antibiotic usage out of 28 sample residents. This failure had the potential to affect residents' safety related to antibiotic usage. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled, Antibiotic Stewardship Program dated 09/30/24 revealed, It is the policy of this facility to implement an Antibiotic Stewardship Program as part of the facility's overall infection prevention and control program. The purpose of this program is to optimize the treatment of infections while reducing the adverse events associated with antibiotic use .Antibiotic orders obtained from consulting, specialty, or emergency providers shall be reviewed for appropriateness .Random audits of antibiotic prescriptions shall be performed to verify completeness and appropriateness (process measure) . 1. Review of R24's admission Record…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-03-27 · tag F0552 — isolated
  Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure a resident's representative (RP) was informed of the risks and benefits associated with the resident taking psychotropic medications for one of three residents (R) Resident 72) reviewed for unnecessary medication use out of a total sample of 28. This failure had the potential to affect residents receiving psychotropic medications. Findings include: Review of R72's Face Sheet located in the electronic medical record (EMR) under the Profile tab revealed the resident was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnosis which included strange and inexplicable behavior. Review of R72's quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) with an Assessment Reference Date (ARD) of 02/03/25 and located in the resident's EMR under the MDS tab revealed a Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of 13 out of 15, which indicated the resident was cognitively intact. Review of R72's Certification of Inability to Make Healthcare Decisions located in the electronic medical…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-03-27 · tag F0583 — failed to protect personal privacy — isolated
  Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on review of the facility policy, observation and interviews, the facility failed to ensure medical records containing personal health information (PHI) were not accessible to 16 of 16 residents.This failure had the potential to allow inappropriate access to residents' records. Findings include: Review of the facility policy titled HIPAA Security Measures last revised 09/30/24 revealed, it is the facility's policy to implement reasonable and appropriate measures to protect and maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the resident's identifiable information and /or records that are in electronic format . During an observation on 03/25/25 at 10:44 AM, the east unit nursing medication cart was in the hallway and the cart was locked but the computer screen was on and revealed six resident names. Four residents and three staff walked past the medication cart and computer screen before Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)7 returned to the cart. During an interview on 03/25/25 at 10:47AM, LPN7 stated the computer screen was locked. She said she leaves the screen open…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to CARLYLE SENIOR CARE — 7 facilities. Here is how its ratings compare with the chain’s average across all its homes: See the whole chain — ratings, flags, fines and finances →

A home rated well below its chain’s average can signal local problems; a chain with a low average across the board is a bigger pattern worth researching. CMS chain data under-reports private-equity and REIT ownership, so treat this as a floor, not the full picture.

Who owns this facility

1 organizational owner listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

About 89% of this home’s resident-days are paid by Medicaid, which reimburses well below the cost of care in most states. Heavily Medicaid-dependent homes run on thinner budgets — a context worth holding next to the staffing and inspection record, not a fault in itself. This home reported $317K paid to related parties (affiliated landlords or management companies) in its most recent cost report.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2023). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

What families pay in SC