Assisted Living
Helms-Gordon Residential Care Home
714 Funderburke Rd, Fort Lawn, SC 29714 · Map
Licensed for 32 residents · HELMS GORDON LLC
Helms-Gordon Residential Care Home is a state-licensed assisted living community in Fort Lawn, South Carolina. It is licensed for 32 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
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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: May 31, 2023. See the record
License
Active, 32 residents
Community Residential Care Facility CRC-2251, current license dated Jul 21, 2026. Licensee HELMS GORDON LLC.
Nearest emergency room
7.4 miles
Musc Health Lancaster Medical Center, rated 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helms-Gordon Residential Care Home this community | 32 | Not published | Active | 1 enforcement order | |
| Riley's Residential Care Home | 6.3 mi | 10 | Not published | Active | 0 enforcement orders |
| Lancaster Grove Senior Living | 8.1 mi | 65 | $3,995/mo | Active | 0 enforcement orders |
| Divine Manor Assisted Living Center | 13.7 mi | 32 | Not published | Active | 0 enforcement orders |
| Heath Springs Residential Care Center | 15.3 mi | 64 | Not published | Active | 0 enforcement orders |
State inspection record1 enforcement order
- Most recent order
- May 31, 2023
- Enforcement orders since October 15, 2021
- 1
- Monetary penalties assessed
- $9,400
Consent order, in the report for the month ending May 31, 2023: $9,400 penalty; $7,000 to be paid, the rest held back if the community stays in compliance
On April 19, 2021, and December 13, 2022, Department representatives made unannounced visits to the Facility to conduct inspections.
- The Facility failed to maintain at least one staff/direct care volunteer for residents during all peak hours.
- The facility failed to report a resident elopement within 24 hours.
- The Facility failed to take precautions to prevent elopement.
- The Facility failed to review a resident’s individual care plan at least semiannually.
- The facility failed to have documentation of resident’s physical examination completed at least annually.
What the order says
The parties agreed to resolve the matter with a Consent Order. The Facility agrees to the assessment of a $9,400 monetary penalty. The facility agrees to pay $7,000 and the remaining $2,400 will be held in abeyance. The Facility met with the Department on June 7, 2023, for a compliance assistance meeting.
Earlier orders: None in the past 5 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 32 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 HELMS GORDON LLC
- License type
- Community Residential Care Facility
- License number
- CRC-2251
- License status
- Active
- Current license dated
- 2026-07-21
- Licensed capacity
- 32
- Licensee
- HELMS GORDON LLC
- County
- Chester County
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.
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 7.4 mi, nursing home 9.0 mi, pharmacy 6.9 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Musc Health Lancaster Medical Center, Lancaster. 7.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- White Oak Manor - Lancaster, Lancaster. 9.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Adoration Home Health, Lancaster. 7.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Carolina Pharmacy. 6.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 29714 as metropolitan (metropolitan high commuting).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care Fort Lawn, Fort Lawn, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Lancaster Sc Dialysis, Lancaster, 6.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 6 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 29714.
Hospice Of Lancaster & The Piedmont, office in Lancaster, 7.1 miles away, straight line
Providence Hospice LLC, office in Rock Hill, 17.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Hospice And Community Care, office in Rock Hill, 20.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- One Medical, P.C., Charlotte. 27.7 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 low; 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)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively low. 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?
- 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?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
- Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
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 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| 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 Helms-Gordon Residential Care Home provide?
Helms-Gordon Residential Care Home is licensed by the state of South Carolina for assisted living in Fort Lawn, South Carolina. Its licensed capacity is 32 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Helms-Gordon Residential Care Home?
No. We publish state licensing details for Helms-Gordon Residential Care Home 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 Helms-Gordon Residential Care Home 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. Helms-Gordon Residential Care Home does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Helms-Gordon Residential Care Home?
Visit Helms-Gordon Residential Care Home at 714 Funderburke Rd, Fort Lawn, SC 29714.
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