Nursing Homes in Orangeburg, South Carolina

There are four facilities in Orangeburg, South Carolina, which at least gives you a few choices. We awarded the nursing homes here an excellent city grade of B+. Even with just a couple of nursing homes, this is still a great sign. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of Sumter, which received a city grade of C. We found Orangeburg to be on a whole other level. This city's nursing homes are stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of the major areas discussed below. Additional information about these categories is available in the next section.

To pair with its great overall grade, we awarded the nursing homes in Orangeburg a grade of A in our inspections category. Our inspection grades are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. The city also really excelled in the area of long-term care, where we gave it an A-. Finally, the city received a B for short-term care and a B- in the area of nursing.