Lakes At Litchfield is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2003-08-05. 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 (843) 235-9393 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Lakes At Litchfield holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (5★), Staffing (4★), 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 78.6/100, placing it #4306 of 14703 facilities nationally and #65 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 Lakes At Litchfield receives a reported average of 5 hours 20 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 20 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 11 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 49 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 48 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 56.3%. 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 $5,244. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $5,244, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 6.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Lakes At Litchfield ranks 4306th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 78.6/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within SC, it ranks 65th out of 187 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #774 nationally and RN hours rank #789 nationally (#11 in SC). Our composite quality score of 78.6/100 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 Pawleys Island, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_carolina/pawleys-island/