Brightwater Skilled Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Brightwater Skilled Nursing Center is a 67-bed for-profit nursing home in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, part of Senior Living Communities. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.06 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 40% above the South Carolina average of 2.19, and 33.7% nursing staff turnover (South Carolina average 45.9%).
Brightwater Skilled Nursing Center
171 Brightwater DriveMyrtle Beach, SC 29579
Horry County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Brightwater Skilled Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 3.06 hours per resident per day, 40% above the South Carolina average. With about 51 residents a day, that works out to roughly 155 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | South Carolina avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.06 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.33 | 1.02 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.19 | 0.63 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.58 | 3.83 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 5.05 | 3.33 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
33.7% of nursing staff at Brightwater Skilled Nursing Center left over the year CMS measured, against a South Carolina average of 45.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 28.6%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 30, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (South Carolina average 3.7). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Brightwater Skilled Nursing Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the South Carolina average is 3.0.
About Brightwater Skilled Nursing Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Senior Living Communities, 9 homes
- Legal name: Brightwater Retirement, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 23, 2009
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Brightwater Skilled Nursing Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Myrtle Beach Manor Myrtle Beach | 2.3 | 60 | 2.76 | 4.90 | — | 3 | $27,834 |
| PruittHealth- Conway At Conway Medical Center Conway | 9.3 | 88 | 1.74 | 3.30 | 62.4% | 4 | None |
| Angel Oak Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC Myrtle Beach | 9.6 | 88 | 1.77 | 3.25 | 57.3% | 4 | $13,520 |
| Oak View Health And Rehabilitation Conway | 14.0 | 190 | 2.07 | 3.59 | 59.4% | 1 | $59,005 |
| NHC Healthcare - Garden City Garden City | 14.7 | 148 | 1.85 | 3.43 | 39.2% | 4 | $4,147 |
| Compass Post Acute Rehabilitation Conway | 15.3 | 95 | 1.81 | 3.34 | 44.9% | 5 | None |
| Loris Rehab And Nursing Center, LLC Loris | 20.5 | 88 | 2.77 | 4.23 | 37.5% | 5 | None |
| Lakes At Litchfield Pawleys Island | 25.1 | 24 | 2.77 | 5.30 | 51.4% | 5 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.