Rouse Community Care Home #3

How big is Rouse Community Care Home #3, and is its license current?

Rouse Community Care Home #3 appears on DPH's active list of community residential care facilities, license CRC-0238, sized at 10 beds against a Columbia-area midpoint of 39.

The term shown ends September 30, 2027, after which the operator must renew. Because the fee is charged per licensed bed, operators have no reason to overstate the number; it is the cap on how many residents may live here.

Sorted by license number, CRC-0238 falls at position 3 of 64 senior CRCFs in our six counties. Lower numbers generally mean an older license line, though not necessarily an older building.

Can Rouse Community Care Home #3 care for someone with dementia?

DPH's record for Rouse Community Care Home #3 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.

Plenty of residents with early memory loss do well in an open building; the turning point is usually leaving the building unnoticed or behavior staff cannot redirect. The closest senior CRCFs flagged for a secured unit are Palmettos of Parklane (3.7 mi), Harmony Collection at Columbia (AL/MC) (4.1 mi).

Does Rouse Community Care Home #3 have any state penalties on record?

We found no administrative or consent order for Rouse Community Care Home #3 in DPH's monthly enforcement reports covering January 2025 to September 2026.

Routine deficiencies are handled with a written correction plan rather than an order, so the inspection report is still the document to read.

Where can I read Rouse Community Care Home #3'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.

Ask Rouse Community Care Home #3 directly for the date of its latest DPH visit. If deficiencies were cited, a plan of correction exists and you can ask to read it alongside the report.

If Rouse Community Care Home #3 has no opening, where else should we look?

The nearest other senior CRCF is Rouse Community Care Home #2 in Columbia, about 1.2 miles away as the crow flies, licensed for 9 beds and not flagged for an Alzheimer's special care unit.

Where is Rouse Community Care Home #3, and how close are the hospitals?

Rouse Community Care Home #3 is located in Columbia's North Columbia, Eau Claire & Farrow Road area, and MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center-Northeast is the closest general hospital on DPH's list, about 2.6 miles away by straight line.

Prisma Health Richland is next, roughly 7.4 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 Rice Estate Rehabilitation and Healthcare (2.2 mi; CMS rating 3 of 5) and Pruitthealth-Blythewood (3.3 mi; CMS rating 4 of 5).

What does Rouse Community Care Home #3's record suggest asking on a tour?

Let DPH's data shape the visit: ask for the most recent DPH inspection report, the deficiencies it cited and the signed plan of correction.

• Ask for a sample week of staff schedules: the legal floor for 10 residents is 2 staff at peak and 1 at night.
• Before counting on public help, ask whether OSS or the Community Choices waiver's Residential Personal Care is accepted here.
• Take the admission agreement home; South Carolina requires it to list every fee and give 30 days' written notice before a fee change.