Retreat At Wellmore Of Lexington is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2018-04-20. 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) 520-1200 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Retreat At Wellmore Of Lexington holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), 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 68.6/100, placing it #8922 of 14703 facilities nationally and #118 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 Retreat At Wellmore Of Lexington receives a reported average of 4 hours 27 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 50 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 6 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 31 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 7 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 40.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $16,153. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $16,153, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 22.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Retreat At Wellmore Of Lexington ranks 8922nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 68.6/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within SC, it ranks 118th out of 187 nursing homes. In Lexington, it ranks 3rd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,590 nationally and RN hours rank #3,289 nationally (#33 in SC). Our composite quality score of 68.6/100 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 Lexington, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_carolina/lexington/