Bethea Baptist Healthcare Center
Nursing home in Darlington, SC
Medicare & Medicaid certified3★ overall (CMS)
Public-record details
- Address
- 157 Home Avenue, Darlington, SC 29532
- Phone
- (843) 393-2867
- Listed under
- Nonprofit, No fines in 3 years, Part of a retirement community
- Medicare CCN
- 425372
- Overall star rating
- 3 of 5 ★★★☆☆
- Health inspection rating
- 3 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 1 of 5
- Quality measures rating
- 5 of 5
- Certified beds
- 88
- Average residents per day
- 59
- Ownership
- Nonprofit, church related
- Legal business name
- Scbma
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
- Jun 28, 2000
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- Yes
- Located inside a hospital
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident council
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
Inspection record
Most recent standard health inspection: Apr 24, 2026. CMS lists 9 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Aug 3, 2023 to Apr 24, 2026): 2 from complaint inspections, 0 at the “actual harm” level or higher.
| Inspection | Citation | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2026 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | F |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. | D |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs. | D |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | D |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in… | D |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | D |
| Aug 26, 2024 | Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and… | D |
| Aug 3, 2023 | Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in… | F |
Fines and payment denials
CMS records no fines or payment denials for this facility in the last three years.
Staffing
- Total nurse staffing per resident per day
- 3.82 hours
- Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
- 0.34 hours
- Nurse aide time per resident per day
- 2.46 hours
- Total nurse staffing on weekends
- 3.48 hours
- Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
- 45%
- RN turnover (yearly)
- 38%
- Administrators who left in the past year
- 2
A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.