Assisted Living
Carolina Place
240 Charles St, Lake City, SC 29560 · Map
Licensed for 8 residents · FLORENCE COUNTY DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS BOARD
Carolina Place is a state-licensed assisted living community in Lake City, South Carolina. It is licensed for 8 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
This community does not publish its prices.
Area costs
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
State inspections
Most recent enforcement order: Oct 15, 2026. See the record
License
Active, 8 residents
Community Residential Care Facility CRC-1258, current license dated Feb 6, 2026. Licensee FLORENCE COUNTY DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS BOARD.
Nearest emergency room
19.6 miles
Musc Health Florence Medical Center, rated 3 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Place this community | 8 | Not published | Active | 0 enforcement orders | |
| Acline Place | 0.3 mi | 8 | Not published | Active | 0 enforcement orders |
| Williamsburg Residential Care Facility | 14.1 mi | 24 | Not published | Active | 0 enforcement orders |
| Royal Hill Community Residential Care Facility | 15.4 mi | 5 | Not published | Active | 0 enforcement orders |
| Harmony Care Services | 16.5 mi | 29 | Not published | Active | 0 enforcement orders |
State inspection record0 enforcement orders
- Enforcement orders since October 15, 2021
- 0
- Monetary penalties assessed
- None
DPH’s monthly enforcement reports list no order against this community, under its current name, in the last five years.
DPH does not post routine inspection reports for assisted living (community residential care) online. This page lists only the enforcement orders DPH publishes each month: administrative orders, consent orders, suspensions and revocations, with the violations DPH cited. Most inspections do not lead to an order, so a community with no order here can still have had citations. You can ask DPH for a community's inspection reports, and you can ask the community to show you its most recent one. This community is licensed for 8 residents. Orders are matched to communities by name, because DPH’s reports do not give license numbers. Source: South Carolina Department of Public Health, Healthcare Quality, Healthcare Quality Enforcement Actions, reports checked October 15, 2026, showing the last five years. Always visit in person and ask the community about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license, licensee FLORENCE COUNTY DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS BOARD
- License type
- Community Residential Care Facility
- License number
- CRC-1258
- License status
- Active
- Current license dated
- 2026-02-06
- Licensed capacity
- 8
- Licensee
- FLORENCE COUNTY DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS BOARD
- County
- Florence County
- Administrator
- Dawn M. Johnson
Source: South Carolina state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Administrator name from the South Carolina licensing record, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in South Carolina, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in South Carolina
- Community Choices (CC) Waiver (SC.0405): Residential Personal Care II. Yes, in a limited way. South Carolina's Community Choices waiver offers a service called Residential Personal Care II for waiver members who live in a CRCF and are assessed as needing an intermediate nursing facility level of care. (state page)
- Waitlist. The Community Choices waiver has a wait list; SCDHHS contacts people when enrollment opens. (source)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 19.6 mi, nursing home 2.9 mi, pharmacy 1.3 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Musc Health Florence Medical Center, Florence. 19.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Lake City Scranton Healthcare Center, Scranton. 2.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Amedisys Home Health Care, Kingstree. 15.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walmart Pharmacy. 1.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 29560 as small town (small town core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc Pee Dee Dialysis Center, Lake City, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fmc Kingstree Dialysis, Kingstree, 14.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 10 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 29560.
Amedisys Hospice Of South Carolina, office in Florence, 20.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Mcleod Hcs - Hospice Of The Pee Dee, office in Florence, 22.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
United Hospice Of The Pee Dee, office in Florence, 22.4 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Palmetto Primary Care Physicians LLC, N Charleston. 64.5 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively moderate; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Lake City, SC, risk to homes is greater than 88% of communities in South Carolina and 81% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively moderate. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The current license dates from 2026. Has the owner or operator changed recently?
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- Who is here at night? Are they awake, or asleep and on call?
- Who covers when the owner is sick, on vacation, or away for the day? Can we meet them?
- Is it one flat rate, or does it rise with care needs?
- Can you help someone who needs two people to move, or a mechanical lift?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
What we checked12 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina Department of Public Health, Healthcare Quality inspection records | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Carolina Place provide?
Carolina Place is licensed by the state of South Carolina for assisted living in Lake City, South Carolina. Its licensed capacity is 8 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Carolina Place?
No. We publish state licensing details for Carolina Place but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Carolina Place cost?
Assisted Living in South Carolina typically starts at $3,600 to $4,750 a month. Based on 57 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. Carolina Place does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Carolina Place?
Visit Carolina Place at 240 Charles St, Lake City, SC 29560.
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