Rehab Center of Cheraw sits in Cheraw, South Carolina, and holds 104 certified beds, focusing strong on short-term rehab and skilled nursing care for folks who are very frail and completely reliant on nursing support, and the place has a mix of care settings that handle things like physical, occupational, and speech therapies, so you'll notice nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists, and caregivers making up the attentive staff, and what you see is a place that serves meals, has common areas for folks to gather, offers planned devotional, on-site, and offsite activities, and keeps some comforts handy for those going through rehab between hospital and home or who call this place their full-time home, but there's been a lot of turnover in the nursing department, 60.5 percent, which is a good bit higher than the state average, and the staffing hours are lower than average, at just over 3 hours per day for each resident, which is less than what most places have.
The facility aims to help people recover and get them back home, using personalized treatment plans and a professional team, and it does provide special services for complex healthcare needs like diabetes and incontinence and also supports folks who can't walk, but inspection reports over time show many problems, with 36 total deficiencies flagged, including serious lapses-inspectors have reported failures in food services with meals coming late and cleaning not done right, and there hasn't been a full-time Registered Dietitian or Dietary Manager handling food and nutrition services for several months, since July 2023, and there were times when the medication error rate climbed over five percent, plus infection control and pharmacy services didn't always meet standards, and concerns have been raised about the way respiratory care gets handled, especially with keeping equipment clean.
The Department of Health & Human Services found problems with documentation, tracking falls, and accurate assessments for hospice residents, as well as failure to record hospital transfers properly, and records mention failures to protect residents from possible neglect or abuse-including an incident where staff stayed working after an allegation of neglect affecting all 98 residents at the time, meaning there are safety and quality issues, and because of these ongoing concerns and the types of harm reported, the Rehab Center of Cheraw is on the NHAA Watchlist and has a history as a Special Focus Facility for serious quality shortcomings.
Management ties back to Fundamental Healthcare and the name Charles Fincannon comes up as the facility's administrator, and there's a focus on security and access control, with the facility using Wordfence to help manage safety, but while the Rehab Center of Cheraw does offer strong rehabilitation services and aims to meet a range of care needs, people considering this place should be fully aware of the serious issues noted in inspection reports about staffing, resident safety, food service, infection control, and documentation.
