With 48,149 people, Orangeburg, South Carolina is a small city. There are only 3 nursing homes in the city, which doesn't give you too many choices. With a city grade of B-, you should be able to find a decent facility here. We also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of Sumter. While we aren't writing glowing reviews about either city, we found the nursing homes in Orangeburg to be a bit better. Please continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
Despite receiving a fairly ordinary overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed spectacularly well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received nearly perfect inspection reports this year. Consequently, Orangeburg received one of our best ratings in that category with an A-. Arguably the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. In addition, Orangeburg earned a B+ for our long-term care category. Lastly, we awarded the city grades of C and D for our nursing and short-term care areas respectively. Despite an otherwise impressive performance, this place's weak short-term care grade may be a problem for those looking for rehabilitation.