Wildewood Downs: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Wildewood Downs is a 32-bed for-profit nursing home in Columbia, South Carolina, part of Senior Living Communities. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.93 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 34% above the South Carolina average of 2.19, and 41.2% nursing staff turnover (South Carolina average 45.9%).
Wildewood Downs
1215 Wildewood Downs CircleColumbia, SC 29223
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 Wildewood Downs, nurse aides logged 2.93 hours per resident per day, 34% above the South Carolina average. With about 27 residents a day, that works out to roughly 80 aide hours a day, or about 10 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | South Carolina avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.93 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.11 | 1.02 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.22 | 0.63 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.27 | 3.83 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.74 | 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
41.2% of nursing staff at Wildewood Downs 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 36.4%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 22, 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. Wildewood Downs holds 5 of 5 overall; the South Carolina average is 3.0.
About Wildewood Downs
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Senior Living Communities, 9 homes
- Legal name: Wildewood Retirement LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 30, 2006
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Wildewood Downs
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Life Care Center Of Columbia Columbia | 2.0 | 179 | 1.95 | 3.46 | 54.8% | 2 | None |
| PruittHealth- Blythewood Columbia | 2.9 | 120 | 1.92 | 3.36 | 53.5% | 4 | None |
| NHC Healthcare - Parklane Columbia | 4.1 | 106 | 3.12 | 4.97 | 37.7% | 5 | None |
| Rice Estate Rehabilitation and Healthcare Columbia | 4.8 | 80 | 3.03 | 4.96 | 40.9% | 3 | None |
| White Oak Manor - Columbia Columbia | 7.4 | 120 | 2.07 | 3.65 | 29.0% | 4 | $8,788 |
| Forest Acres Post Acute Columbia | 8.5 | 132 | 1.71 | 2.88 | 64.9% | 1 | $82,018 |
| PruittHealth- Columbia Columbia | 8.7 | 144 | 2.17 | 3.51 | 49.5% | 1 | $48,523 |
| Sedgewood Manor Health Care Center Hopkins | 8.9 | 38 | 2.07 | 3.84 | 60.0% | 1 | 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.