Columbia Senior AdvisorOliver's Care Home at 1200 Lawhorn Rd, Blythewood (Richland County) is a community residential care facility, the license South Carolina uses for assisted living, with 5 licensed beds under DPH license CRC-1480 (current through August 31, 2027); its record carries no Alzheimer's special care unit flag.
Is Oliver's Care Home a licensed assisted living facility in Blythewood, SC?
The state's record lists Oliver's Care Home under license CRC-1480 with 5 beds and an expiration of August 31, 2027, smaller than the Midlands midpoint of 39 beds per senior CRCF.
| Field | From the DPH record |
|---|---|
| DPH license number | CRC-1480 |
| License term on file | September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027 |
| Licensed beds | 5 |
| Secured Alzheimer's unit flag | No |
| Alzheimer's care flag | No |
| Legal licensee | Oliver Care Home LLC |
| Business form on the license | Limited Liability |
| Administrator named by DPH | Valencia W. Anderson |
| DPH penalty orders (January 2025 to September 2026) | 0 |
| Phone on the DPH record | (803) 227-0797 |
Licenses are issued to one legal operator at one street address for one year at a time; the current year began September 1, 2026. If the building changes hands, the new owner needs a new license and the number changes.
Sorted by license number, CRC-1480 falls at position 25 of 64 senior CRCFs in our six counties. Lower numbers generally mean an older license line, though not necessarily an older building.
Is there a memory care wing at Oliver's Care Home?
DPH's record for Oliver's Care Home has no Alzheimer's special care unit flag, so it has no secured dementia area; someone who begins to wander would usually need to move to a facility that has one.
Regulation 60-84 bars a CRCF from keeping a resident whom a physician considers a danger to self or others, and unsafe wandering is the usual reason that line is crossed. The closest senior CRCFs flagged for a secured unit are Vitality Living Columbia (6.2 mi), Harmony Collection at Columbia (AL/MC) (6.4 mi).
Has DPH issued an enforcement order against Oliver's Care Home?
No. None of the DPH Healthcare Quality enforcement reports for January 2025 to September 2026 names Oliver's Care Home.
Keep that in proportion. Penalty orders are the exception; most problems DPH finds on a visit are closed out with a plan of correction that never appears in the monthly report.
Where can I read Oliver's Care Home's DPH inspection reports?
Write to DPH Healthcare Quality and ask: South Carolina keeps CRCF inspection reports off the internet, but Section 202.E of Regulation 60-84 makes them, and the facility's response, available to anyone who requests them in writing.
Complaint investigations produce reports too, available on the same terms. When you ask for the newest one, ask whether it was a routine visit or a complaint.
If Oliver's Care Home has no opening, where else should we look?
The nearest other senior CRCF is Mary's Residential Care Facility in Blythewood, about 5.1 miles away as the crow flies, licensed for 5 beds and not flagged for an Alzheimer's special care unit.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | Alzheimer's unit / care (DPH) | DPH orders since Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary's Residential Care Facility 10425 Wilson Blvd, 29016 | 5.1 | 5 | No | 0 |
| Mary RCF #3 10219 Farrow Rd, 29016 | 6.1 | 10 | No | 0 |
| Vitality Living Columbia 1951 Clemson Rd, 29223 | 6.2 | 118 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Country Comfort Community Home 204 Joe Arthur Cir, 29016 | 6.3 | 9 | No | 0 |
| Harmony Collection at Columbia (IL) 2232 Clemson Rd, 29229 | 6.4 | 25 | Unit + care | 0 |
What health care is near Oliver's Care Home in Blythewood?
Oliver's Care Home is located in Blythewood, Richland County, and MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center-Northeast is the closest general hospital on DPH's list, about 9.3 miles away by straight line.
Prisma Health Richland is next, roughly 15.9 miles off. All distances are straight-line measurements between mapped points, not driving times.
Should nursing care become necessary, the two nearest CMS-certified nursing homes are Pruitthealth-Blythewood (6.0 mi; CMS rating 4 of 5) and Pruitthealth-Ridgeway (6.2 mi; CMS rating 2 of 5).
What should we ask Oliver's Care Home before signing?
Use the public record as your checklist: request the newest inspection or complaint report from DPH and the correction plan that followed it.
- With 5 beds full, Regulation 60-84 requires at least 1 staff on duty at peak times and 1 overnight; ask what the real numbers are.
- Ask what happens when a private-pay resident's savings are gone, and whether OSS residents are accepted.
- Ask which charges rise as care needs rise, and check that the agreement promises 30 days' notice of any increase.
