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Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center is a senior living community in Laurens, South Carolina offering Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care. Amenities include Restaurant style Dining Room, Outdoor Patio and Gathering / Activity Spaces. Families rate it 3.9 out of 5 across 72 reviews.
Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center in Laurens, South Carolina is a life plan retirement community offering independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation services. As the only Southern Baptist affiliated retirement community in the piedmont region of South Carolina, it serves residents seeking continued purpose and meaningful engagement in their later years.
The community's living options include cottages with attached garages, newly remodeled patio homes featuring open floor plans with sunrooms overlooking natural woodlands, garden apartments, assisted living suites, and skilled nursing accommodations. Cottage residents enjoy maintenance-free living, while patio home residents benefit from views of the surrounding landscape. Newly renovated one-bedroom suites for couples include large walk-in showers, spacious closets, and convenient access to dining and medical services.
Martha Franks emphasizes a Christ-centered mission with a strong focus on community and service. The campus includes a chapel, library, beauty and barber shop, bistro, gift shop, wellness facilities, and southern-style dining. Residents participate in church services, morning devotions, Bible studies, and a range of events and excursions both on and off campus, including dinner outings, cultural events, shopping trips, and performances by the Martha Franks singers. The surrounding grounds feature a lake with paved walking trails, outdoor patio areas, a prayer garden, and landscaping with azaleas and dogwood trees.
The community is designed to support residents' changing needs without requiring relocation, providing security and peace of mind as care requirements evolve. Memory care services are available at both assisted living and skilled nursing levels, with skilled nursing residents receiving compassionate care based on faith, hope, and love.
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Help Me Choose3.9overall · 72 ratings combined
3.9★ on Google (72)
Lee Phillips
Feb 2026
The staff and workers are polite and caring. Rebecca Swanson (social worker) is a top notch caring professional that ensures clients and families are heard and helped with respect and care continuously. She responds swiftly to needs with quick execution.
Sue Tumblin
Jan 2026
Visited a friend
Tee G
Sep 2025
Nice clean place very lovely workers there nobody walks around with an attitude everyone's friendly and helpful!!!
Eugene H. Foshee
Sep 2025
The fruit of a great vision forty years ago by an astounding woman of God.
Lori Putnam
Aug 2025
My father is a retired minister and lives with Parkinson’s. We knew Martha Franks was the right fit for my parents the moment we met Natalie and toured the beautiful property. So grateful they are in a community that is caring and serves senior families so well!
6 inspection visits in the last three years, 12 citations on file. Inspections are conducted by state agencies on behalf of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionPast Non-Compliance
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Nov 25, 2025
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Oct 17, 2025
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Aug 30, 2024
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Aug 30, 2024
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Aug 30, 2024
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Aug 30, 2024
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Aug 30, 2024
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Dec 31, 2023
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected May 16, 2022
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected May 16, 2022
Address subsistence needs for staff and patients.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jun 10, 2022
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Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center offers Assisted Living, Independent Living, Memory Care and Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.
Yes. Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center lists pet-friendly accommodations among its amenities. Ask about any size or breed policies when you visit.
Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center is located at One Martha Franks Drive in Laurens, South Carolina.
Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center had 6 government inspection visits in the last three years, with 12 citations on file according to CMS Care Compare data. The full history, including what each citation was for and whether it was corrected, is in the inspection section on this page.
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