Sprenger Health Care Port Royal in Port Royal, South Carolina, has had an extraordinary year—earning multiple honors that reflect the dedication and excellence of its team. The community proudly received Gold for Best Assisted Living Facility and Bronze for Best Nursing Home in the 2025 Lowcountry’s Best Awards. They were also named a 2025 Bronze National Quality Award recipient by the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL).
About Sprenger Health Care
Sprenger Health Care Systems is a family-owned organization with more than a century of experience in senior care. Known for its commitment to personalized, high-quality service, Sprenger creates communities where residents are treated like family and care evolves with their needs.
About Port Royal
Port Royal is proud to be one of the region’s only true Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs), offering both Assisted Living and Nursing Home care on one campus. This model allows residents to age in place with comfort, consistency, and peace of mind—eliminating the stress of relocating as care needs change.
The Assisted Living community features 45 private suites, 24/7 assistance, individualized care plans, and access to on-site therapy, dietary guidance from a licensed dietitian, and regular visits from a primary care physician and nurse practitioner. Amenities include a secured courtyard, putting green, library, salon, café, and a lively bar and pub area that seats up to 60 guests, including 10 stools at the main bar. A playground for visiting grandchildren adds a special touch, helping foster meaningful connections across generations.
Other Benefits of Sprenger Health Care
Sprenger Health Care Port Royal is also a contracted provider with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs through the VA Community Care Network (VCA). Through this partnership, eligible veterans can receive fully covered skilled nursing, rehabilitative, long-term, or respite care when authorized by the VA. The on-site team works closely with VA case managers to coordinate services and ensure veterans receive high-quality care close to home.
The community’s continued excellence is further reflected in its deficiency-free annual surveys from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for two consecutive years, a 5-star overall CMS rating, and a Top 10 state ranking for quality measures. These accomplishments showcase the team’s steadfast commitment to superior care, compliance, and compassion.
Every achievement at Sprenger Health Care Port Royal is the result of teamwork and dedication. From caregivers and therapists to hospitality and support staff, each person contributes to an environment centered on dignity, respect, and personalized attention.
Receiving multiple honors in the same year—including recognition from both Lowcountry’s Best and the AHCA/NCAL—reflects not only Port Royal’s outstanding standards but also the trust placed in the Sprenger name by residents, families, and the wider community.
Sprenger Health Care Bluffton Received a Deficiency-Free RatingSprenger Health Care Bluffton received a 100% deficiency-free rating on their state survey, conducted by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control on Friday, November 1, 2024.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) annually reviews Skilled Nursing Facilities to ensure that the health and safety conditions focusing their analysis on the residing resident’s safety, security, sanitary, and overall maintenance. To receive a 100% deficiency-free review by the DHEC notes that the facility met the highest possible standards of satisfactory living. Sprenger Health Care Bluffton also received a deficiency-free rating for their Residential Care Facility survey in April of 2024.
Dennis Maddox, Ph.D., MCG, a local professor of Anatomy and Physiology and short-term resident of Sprenger Health Care Bluffton stated, “Being here felt like being at home. Everyone was so nice and sweet in such an amazing way. I am sad to leave, but happy to know I will be home for my birthday and for the holidays.” Mr. Maddox stayed with Sprenger Health Care Bluffton for 6 weeks as he worked through an illness with the nursing and therapy teams, maintaining an end-goal of getting back home and to work.
“We are incredibly proud of our team’s dedication to excellence and quality care, which has been affirmed by our recent deficiency-free survey from DHEC. This achievement reflects the hard work, professionalism, and commitment of every team member to uphold the highest standards in patient care and compliance. Thank you to everyone for making this accomplishment possible and for continually going above and beyond to create a safe, welcoming, and well-maintained environment for our patients and families.”
Dwight Green, the Executive Director at Sprenger Health Care Bluffton
About Sprenger Health Care Bluffton
Sprenger Health Care Bluffton is a 105-bed Long Term Care, Skilled Nursing Facility, and Assisted Living, offering services such as memory care, in-house therapy for short-term rehabilitation, daily activities, served dining, and a VA contract. They also offer Respite Care for those in need. Residents have access to state-of-the-art amenities, such as a 3000+ square foot therapy gym, 65 private rooms in the Skilled Nursing wing, 45 private suites in the Assisted Living wing, a bar that offers a daily happy hour, a 24/7 Chapel, and much more.
Sprenger Health Care Bluffton offers a range of services designed to meet the needs of seniors at different stages of life and health, aiming to create a supportive and caring environment that prioritizes residents’ health, safety, and well-being. The facility provides personalized care, including therapy services, social activities, and wellness programs tailored to enhance residents’ quality of life.
About Sprenger Health Care
From a small family-owned nursing facility to an expansive enterprise employing 2,000 professionals, Sprenger Health Care is actively growing and adapting to the ever-changing needs of the communities they serve. With a strong focus on innovation and quality, Sprenger’s third generation is building a legacy while maintaining the same philosophy of personalized care initially established by Grace Sprenger in 1959.
Sprenger Health Care is a leading developer, owner, and operator of senior living communities and services in Ohio and South Carolina. Through their 12-nursing home, 10 assisted living, and 8 independent living communities, they provide exceptional health care services, including; long-term nursing care, assisted and independent living, memory care, hospice, respite care, and short-term post-acute rehabilitation.
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