3131 Newberry Highway, Saluda, SC 29138 (opens Google Maps) · Saluda County · (864) 445-2146· 176 certified beds · avg 152 residents/day · certified since Aug 16, 1971 · Medicare and Medicaid certified
Certified for both programmes. Certification means the facility can bill Medicaid — it does not mean a Medicaid-funded bed is free right now, so ask directly. Who pays for nursing home care →
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Health inspection rating: ★★☆☆☆2/5 · CMS overall rating: 3/5 · how star ratings work →
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and quality measures from resident assessments and claims.
▲ Immediate jeopardy, isolated · Apr 17, 2025 · F-0578
The facility did not honor residents' rights to request, refuse, or stop treatment, to decline participation in medical research, or to make an advance directive — a written statement of their wishes for future medical care.
Why it matters: Ignoring these rights means residents may receive treatments they refused, or miss having their end-of-life wishes respected.
Severity (J): Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety was cited. The scope was isolated: limited residents, staff, or locations were affected. Scope describes the extent of the deficiency, not whether it happened on previous inspections.
Corrected: May 9, 2025 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, isolated · Apr 17, 2025 · F-0678
The facility did not provide basic life support, such as CPR, before emergency medical help arrived — care that's required when it matches the doctor's orders and the resident's own written wishes.
Why it matters: In a cardiac or breathing emergency, failure to start CPR promptly can be the difference between life and death.
Severity (J): Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety was cited. The scope was isolated: limited residents, staff, or locations were affected. Scope describes the extent of the deficiency, not whether it happened on previous inspections.
Corrected: May 9, 2025 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
Showing the latest 3 of 7 inspection findings. Open the full record below to read every finding.
The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. F-0812
The facility did not honor residents' rights to request, refuse, or stop treatment, to decline participation in medical research, or to make an advance directive — a written statement of their wishes for future medical care. F-0578
The facility did not provide basic life support, such as CPR, before emergency medical help arrived — care that's required when it matches the doctor's orders and the resident's own written wishes. F-0678
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed — that window is CMS's, not ours. Within it, every citation CMS publishes for this facility is listed here: none excluded.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2026 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · F-0812 |
| Apr 17, 2025 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, isolated | The facility did not honor residents' rights to request, refuse, or stop treatment, to decline participation in medical research, or to make an advance directive — a written statement of their wishes for future medical care. · F-0578 |
| Apr 17, 2025 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, isolated | The facility did not provide basic life support, such as CPR, before emergency medical help arrived — care that's required when it matches the doctor's orders and the resident's own written wishes. · F-0678 |
| Apr 17, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not make reasonable adjustments to fit each resident's individual needs and preferences — things like call buttons within reach, preferred wake-up times, or accessible room setups. · F-0558 |
| Apr 17, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not keep residents' personal and medical information private and confidential. · F-0583 |
| May 15, 2024 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · F-0812 |
| May 15, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not let a resident help develop and carry out their own plan of care — the written roadmap of the services and support they'll receive, built around their personal goals and preferences. · F-0553 |
Citations from standard inspections decreased between the last two inspection cycles (4 → 1).
All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | F |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | J ▲ |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | F |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
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2 fines totaling $16,984.
Every penalty CMS publishes for this facility in the 3-year window is listed —none excluded. The count and the dollar total come from two different CMS datasets and agree for this facility. Penalties older than the window are dropped by CMS before publication, not by us.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2025 | Fine | $8,492 |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Fine | $8,492 |
What these staffing numbers mean →
All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.
| Measure | This facility | South Carolina avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 4.62 | 4.08 | 3.95 | top 19% in South Carolina; top 20% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.77 | 0.67 | 0.69 | top 25% in South Carolina; top 30% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 4.09 | 3.55 | 3.50 | top 17% in South Carolina; top 20% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.48 | top 33% in South Carolina; top 46% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 17.9 | 45.9 | 45.8 | top 1% in South Carolina; top 2% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 19.2 | 42.1 | 42.9 | top 12% in South Carolina; top 13% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day for the most recent quarter of payroll data in this CMS release (2026-08-01) — the same quarter for every facility — case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 4.49, RN 0.75, weekend 3.97.Comparing with Medicare Care Compare? Care Compare shows the raw figure (4.49 here, displayed there as hours and minutes), not the adjusted one above. Both are correct; they answer different questions. Staffing rating: 5/5.
Note: CMS combines facility-reported resident assessments (MDS) with claims-based measures. These are different sources from on-site inspection findings. Read the measures alongside inspection and staffing records; a high QM rating does not establish that a home is safe.
Quality measures rating: 3/5 · long-stay residents: 2/5 · short-stay residents: 3/5
Price evidence · separate from quality
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Ownership records as published by CMS on 2026-08-01. CMS records when an owner joined but not when they left. Listed here and no longer involved? Tell us →
Government - County
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton, Jennifer | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 04/12/2021 |
| Bledsoe, Dayna | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/25/2022 |
| Bledsoe, Dayna | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/25/2025 |
| Bledsoe, Dayna | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/25/2022 |
| Bledsoe, Dayna | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/25/2022 |
| Cromley, William | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/12/2024 |
| Hicks, Doris | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/11/2021 |
| Rita, Angela | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/31/2019 |
| Sawyer, William | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/31/2016 |
| Sawyer, William | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2024 |
All 10 owning or managing parties CMS has on file are shown — none excluded.
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
| Facility | Distance | City | Overall | Inspection | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J F Hawkins Nursing Home | 10.7 mi | Newberry, SC | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 | |
| White Oak Manor - Newberry | 10.9 mi | Newberry, SC | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 |
Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 425081.
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