Carlyle Senior Care Of Aiken is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1980-09-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (803) 648-0434 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Carlyle Senior Care Of Aiken holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 61.3/100, placing it #11680 of 14703 facilities nationally and #155 of 187 in South Carolina. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Carlyle Senior Care Of Aiken receives a reported average of 3 hours 51 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 35 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 1 minute; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 15 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 26 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 47.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 4 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $274,687. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 79.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Carlyle Senior Care Of Aiken ranks 11680th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 61.3/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within SC, it ranks 155th out of 187 nursing homes. In Aiken, it ranks 4th out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,928 nationally and RN hours rank #6,912 nationally (#73 in SC). Our composite quality score of 61.3/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Aiken, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_carolina/aiken/