The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited August 2023 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: F
Nursing home report
Bethea Baptist Healthcare Center
Darlington, SC · Medicare-certified · 88 beds
In good standing
Non-profit
5 of 5 overall
Bethea Baptist Healthcare Center has an overall 5-star rating, with strong staffing and quality scores (4 and 5 stars) and nurse staffing above the federal benchmark (6.13 vs. 4.1 hours per resident per day). It had no fines in the last 24 months, though recent inspection citations included medication storage, food handling, and discharge planning issues.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
6.1327 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: April 3, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 6.1327.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.63
- Licensed practical nurses
- 1.63
- Nurse aides
- 3.87
- Weekend nursing
- 5.69
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 46%
Registered nurse turnover: 56%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
13.5%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
0.6%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
11.5%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
2.4%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
13.7%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
5%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
14.3%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
28.1%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
1.3%Improving
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
3.5%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
0.7%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
89.6%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99.4%Improving
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
86.3%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99.3%Improving
What the inspectors found
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited January 2022 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
The home failed to plan the resident’s discharge to meet the resident’s goals and needs. Cited April 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 660 — 42 CFR §483.21 — S/S: D
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited April 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: D
The home failed to safeguard residents’ private information and keep each resident’s medical records properly maintained. Cited April 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 842 — 42 CFR §483.70 — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Church related
- Occupancy
- 56.2 residents on an average day (64% of 88 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 25 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.