Rice Estate Rehabilitation and Healthcare: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Rice Estate Rehabilitation and Healthcare is a 80-bed nonprofit nursing home in Columbia, South Carolina. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.03 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 38% above the South Carolina average of 2.19, and 40.9% nursing staff turnover (South Carolina average 45.9%).
Rice Estate Rehabilitation and Healthcare
100 Finley RoadColumbia, SC 29203
Richland 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 Rice Estate Rehabilitation and Healthcare, nurse aides logged 3.03 hours per resident per day, 38% above the South Carolina average. With about 77 residents a day, that works out to roughly 234 aide hours a day, or about 29 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | South Carolina avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.03 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.19 | 1.02 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.74 | 0.63 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.96 | 3.83 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.36 | 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
40.9% of nursing staff at Rice Estate Rehabilitation and Healthcare 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 55.6%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 16, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 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. Rice Estate Rehabilitation and Healthcare holds 3 of 5 overall; the South Carolina average is 3.0.
About Rice Estate Rehabilitation and Healthcare
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Lutheran Homes of SC, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 15, 2007
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Rice Estate Rehabilitation and Healthcare
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| NHC Healthcare - Parklane Columbia | 1.8 | 106 | 3.12 | 4.97 | 37.7% | 5 | None |
| Life Care Center Of Columbia Columbia | 4.1 | 179 | 1.95 | 3.46 | 54.8% | 2 | None |
| PruittHealth- Blythewood Columbia | 4.2 | 120 | 1.92 | 3.36 | 53.5% | 4 | None |
| Wildewood Downs Columbia | 4.8 | 32 | 2.93 | 5.27 | 41.2% | 5 | None |
| White Oak Manor - Columbia Columbia | 5.6 | 120 | 2.07 | 3.65 | 29.0% | 4 | $8,788 |
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| C M Tucker Jr Nursing Care Center Roddey Pavilio Columbia | 6.8 | 308 | 3.87 | 6.40 | 34.6% | 2 | $59,779 |
| Forest Acres Post Acute Columbia | 6.9 | 132 | 1.71 | 2.88 | 64.9% | 1 | $82,018 |
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.