Lake City Scranton Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Lake City Scranton Healthcare Center is a 88-bed for-profit nursing home in Scranton, South Carolina, part of Fundamental Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.82 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 17% below the South Carolina average of 2.19, and 33.8% nursing staff turnover (South Carolina average 45.9%).
Lake City Scranton Healthcare Center
1940 Boyd RoadScranton, SC 29591
Florence 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 Lake City Scranton Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 1.82 hours per resident per day, 17% below the South Carolina average. With about 82 residents a day, that works out to roughly 150 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | South Carolina avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.82 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.02 | 1.02 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.34 | 0.63 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.18 | 3.83 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.75 | 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
33.8% of nursing staff at Lake City Scranton Healthcare 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 14.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 30, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 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. Lake City Scranton Healthcare Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the South Carolina average is 3.0.
About Lake City Scranton Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Fundamental Healthcare, 66 homes
- Legal name: Palmetto Lake City Operating LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 21, 1983
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Lake City Scranton Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Dr Ronald E McNair Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Lake City | 6.3 | 88 | 1.76 | 2.72 | 32.0% | 3 | None |
| The Palms At Florence Florence | 13.4 | 163 | 2.27 | 3.95 | 34.5% | 5 | $7,901 |
| Carlyle Senior Care of Kingstree Kingstree | 18.3 | 96 | 2.25 | 3.63 | 37.8% | 3 | $8,788 |
| Veteran Village Florence | 18.6 | 52 | 3.22 | 5.61 | — | 4 | $41,108 |
| Southland Health Care Center Florence | 18.8 | 88 | 2.40 | 4.13 | 50.5% | 4 | None |
| Heritage Post Acute Florence | 19.1 | 132 | 2.21 | 3.49 | 48.5% | 2 | None |
| Faith Healthcare Center Florence | 20.0 | 104 | 2.02 | 3.46 | 36.1% | 2 | $8,281 |
| Honorage Nursing Center Florence | 21.0 | 88 | 2.22 | 3.46 | 38.2% | 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.