Nursing homes across Laurens County, South Carolina, graded on the federal inspection
record, nurse staffing and staff turnover. County rank is shown on each home's profile.
Nhc Healthcare - Laurens runs 176 certified beds under for-profit LLC ownership, and its last health inspection came in March 2025. The current record shows six deficiencies, one serious enough to reach harm or jeopardy and one tied to abuse, that combination is what weighs down an otherwise strong profile. Staff turnover sits at 18.1%, well under the national 45.8%, so the same caregivers tend to stay. Daily nurse staffing of 3.63 hours per resident is about 6% under the national 3.86, and weekends run roughly 15% lighter than weekdays. The quality and staffing star ratings both hit 5/5; inspections landed at 3/5.
Nhc Healthcare - Clinton runs on thinner staffing than most homes its size. At 3.54 nurse hours per resident day, it sits about 8% under the national average, and weekends drop roughly 13% below its own weekday coverage, so the days families visit most are the days with the least help on hand. Staff turnover of 54.2% is nearly nine points above the national figure, which means aides and nurses cycle through faster than residents can get used to them. The record itself is cleaner: five deficiencies, none causing harm, none tied to abuse, and a recent inspection. Quality scores look strong, but those depend on the people who keep leaving.
Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina in Clinton runs just five certified beds, which is about as small as a Medicare-certified nursing home gets. The inspection record is clean: zero deficiencies on file, none at the harm or jeopardy level, none abuse-related, with the most recent inspection dated April 2026. That's a five-star inspection rating and a five-star quality measure rating, and there's no pattern of problems to point to. The tradeoff is size. Five beds means very little data behind any of those ratings, and a small nonprofit corporation has fewer resources to absorb a bad stretch than a larger operator would.
Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center sits in Laurens, and the numbers tell a mixed story worth sorting through. Nurse staffing runs 4.24 hours per resident day, roughly 10% above the national average, and weekend coverage holds up reasonably well even if it dips about 13% below weekdays. Staff turnover at 41.1% is slightly better than the national 45.8%, so people aren't fleeing. Where it gets harder: 11 deficiencies on the current record, including one at the harm level and two tied to abuse, with a $12,735 fine. The last inspection was September 2025. Good daily care hours, but a compliance record that needs a close look.