Kershaw Health Karesh Long Term Care is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1972-01-01. 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) 572-8999 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Kershaw Health Karesh Long Term Care 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 (3★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 74.2/100, placing it #6291 of 14703 facilities nationally and #88 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 Kershaw Health Karesh Long Term Care receives a reported average of 4 hours 8 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 54 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 49 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 25 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 36 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 32.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $34,361. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $34,361, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 26.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Kershaw Health Karesh Long Term Care ranks 6291st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 74.2/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within SC, it ranks 88th out of 187 nursing homes. In Camden, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,053 nationally and RN hours rank #2,710 nationally (#27 in SC). Our composite quality score of 74.2/100 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 Camden, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_carolina/camden/