Charleston Senior AdvisorKempton of Charleston holds a CMS overall rating of 5 of 5 stars in Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026. The home, at 194 Spring St in Charleston (Charleston County), is certified for Medicare and Medicaid with 23 beds and licensed by the S.C. Department of Public Health under license NCF-1064.
How many stars does Kempton of Charleston have from Medicare?
Kempton of Charleston holds a CMS overall rating of 5 of 5 stars. Its component ratings are 4 for health inspections, 5 for staffing and 4 for quality measures, each on a five-star scale.
| CMS or DPH measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 5 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 4 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 5 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 4 of 5 |
| Certified beds and average daily census | 23 beds, 20.1 residents |
| Provider name used by CMS | Kempton Of Charleston |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Corporation |
| Chain affiliation (CMS) | No chain listed |
| Medicare/Medicaid participation since | October 6, 2022 |
| DPH nursing home license | NCF-1064, 23 licensed beds, Licensed through 03/31/2027 |
| DPH Alzheimer's flags | No |
About 20 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 87% of certified beds, lower than the 90% typical of certified homes in Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties.
How many deficiencies does CMS record for Kempton of Charleston?
Surveyors' most recent standard visit to Kempton of Charleston is dated July 23, 2026. CMS attributes 3 health deficiencies to that cycle, splitting them 3 standard and 0 complaint.
Go back one cycle to the May 6, 2025 survey and the count is 1 deficiency, with 0 more citations from infection-control checks. Compared with the 2-deficiency midpoint across Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester homes, the newest count is higher than usual.
Over CMS's three-year penalty window it lists 1 fine totaling $6,032 and 0 payment denials.
How much nursing time do residents get at Kempton of Charleston?
Residents of Kempton of Charleston get about 5.89 hours of nursing time per day, above the tri-county middle value of 3.61, including 1.44 hours of registered-nurse time (above the tri-county middle value of 0.48).
On weekends the figure is 5.35 nursing hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover runs 52.9%, above the tri-county middle value of 45.6%; registered-nurse turnover is 0.0%.
What other nursing homes should we compare with Kempton of Charleston?
Its 23 certified beds make it smaller than the typical Charleston County nursing home (132 licensed beds). Ashley River Healthcare in Charleston is the nearest other certified home, roughly 3.3 miles off as the crow flies, with a CMS rating of 3 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley River Healthcare 1137 Sam Rittenburg Blvd, 29407 | 3.3 | 125 | 3 of 5 | March 18, 2026 | 2 |
| Riverside Health and Rehab 2375 Baker Hospital Blvd, 29405 | 3.7 | 160 | 1 of 5 | April 21, 2026 | 4 |
| Bishop Gadsden-Gadsden Glen Center for Health and Rehab 8000 Noble Oak Way, 29412 | 4.1 | 100 | 5 of 5 | August 5, 2026 | 5 |
| Cooper River Post Acute 1049 Anna Knapp Blvd, 29464 | 5.3 | 176 | 1 of 5 | June 30, 2026 | 3 |
| NHC Healthcare Charleston 2230 Ashley Crossing Dr, 29414 | 5.3 | 132 | 4 of 5 | April 3, 2026 | 5 |
Where is Kempton of Charleston, and what is on the same campus?
Kempton of Charleston is in Charleston's Downtown Peninsula area; the closest general hospital on DPH's roster is MUSC Medical Center, roughly 0.4 miles off as the crow flies.
Roper Hospital is next, around 0.4 miles away. Map distances understate Lowcountry drives that cross the Ashley, Cooper or Stono rivers.
Sharing the address: Kempton of Charleston (assisted living license, 89 beds). CMS identifies the home as part of a continuing care retirement community.
As a certified nursing home it must also meet the federal emergency preparedness rule (42 CFR 483.73), which requires a risk-based emergency plan, a communication plan, staff training and drills, and emergency power; ask how its plan treats hurricanes.
What belongs on a tour checklist for Kempton of Charleston?
Work from the numbers on the visit: ask for the plan of correction covering the 3 deficiencies from July 23, 2026 and what has changed since.
- Turnover of 52.9% is higher than the local middle; ask what share of each shift is agency staff.
- Ask what led to the $6,032 in CMS fines and how it was resolved.
- With occupancy near 87%, ask which halls have openings and why.
- CMS notes a resident council; ask when it meets and whether family members may attend.
- If Medicaid will eventually pay, confirm that Kempton of Charleston takes South Carolina Healthy Connections Medicaid for long stays and how it assigns Medicaid beds.
- Ask where residents went during the most recent hurricane evacuation order and how families were kept informed.
