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Nursing Home Costs in South Carolina

$190
/day		 *This is the median daily rate for all IA facilities. $69.3k
/year		 *Annual cost at the South Carolina median rate
South Carolina Nursing Home Costs
Daily Rate SC Nursing Homes
$331
high
$96
low

Highest/Lowest Daily Rates

Nursing home costs in South Carolina are below the national average, according to the Genworth 2015 Cost of Care Survey: South Carolina. With a daily cost for a semi-private room of $190, it is $30 less than the national median for all states, which is $220.

The highest nursing home rate (semi-private room) of $331 was reported in Greenville–Anderson–Mauldin. A full year of care at that rate would be $120,815.

The record-high rate could be from a single exceptional facility, and is not typical of all nursing homes. The median rate for the Greenville–Anderson–Mauldin area is much less, at $198/day.

The median rate is the middle point between the highest and lowest. It is similar to an average, but not exactly the same.

The lowest median rate in the state was $96 per day; in the Myrtle Beach–Conway–North Myrtle Beach area.

The median rate for the entire state was $190 per day for a semi-private room, and $206 for a private room.

FACTOID
NO
Medicare does not pay for long-term care. (It might pay for short-term stays for rehab after surgery or other treatment.
FACTOID
79
Average age upon admittance to a nursing home.
ccrc decisions

Planning ahead for lifetime care? A CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) may be your answer.



What's a CCRC?

Simply put, CCRCs are retirement communities with an important added benefit: lifetime care, which ensures that you can "age in place," having planned ahead in terms of access to additional services and the cost of long-term care. The typical CCRC is a community that includes independent living in apartments or house units, an assisted living facility, and a nursing home or skilled nursing facility.

Some CCRCs also include short term rehab, hospice, special memory care facilities, and even home health care services.

You can check out South Carolina's CCRCs at our page: South Carolina Continuing Care Retirement Communities, Life Care Communities, CCRCs.

Comparing Long Term Care in South Carolina
Estimated Annual Cost (median rates)
$69k
nursing homes		 $38k
assisted living		 $42k
home health aide		 $41k
homemaker		 $14k
adult day care
Nursing
Home		 Assisted
Living		 Home
Health
Aide		 Home
maker
Non-Med		 Adult Day
Care
Nursing Home data is based on a Semi-Private Room.

Snapshot:
Costs Around the State

Charleston–North Charleston $210
Columbia $204
Florence $175
Greenville–Anderson–Mauldin $198
Hilton Head Island–Bluffton–Beaufort $208
Myrtle Beach–Conway–North Myrtle Beach $185
Spartanburg $174
Sumter $201
South Carolina – Rest of State $185

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187 South Carolina Nursing Homes
FACTOID
$80k
That's the median yearly cost for all nursing homes in the US (Semi-Private Room). In cost-per-day, its $220.
FACTOID
70%
At least 70% of people over 65 will need long-term care services and support at some point in their lives.
(Source: 2015 Medicare & You, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

A BIG thank you to Genworth.

Much of the data used on this page was sourced from the "Cost of Care Survey 2015 - Massachusetts" published by Genworth Financial, Inc. You can download a copy here We are very grateful that this excellent report is available to the public.

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