Wellness for a Fulfilling Future
Nestled at the end of a quiet suburban street beneath towering hardwoods overhead and surrounded by wetlands is Rice Estate, a beautiful and welcoming continuing care retirement community. Residents enjoy the calm yet active neighborhood of residents who take advantage of a wealth of life enrichment activities.
As a non-profit ministry, Lutheran Homes of South Carolina’s Rice Estate offers a wide array of retirement and healthcare options to fit current and future needs and lifestyles. Residents have access to independent living, assisted living, memory support, rehabilitation, long-term care, BeWell Home Services, BeWell@Home, and Lutheran Hospice.
Rehabilitation & Nursing
Give yourself or your loved one the best care available by hospitable, compassionate, and knowledgeable healthcare staff. When you choose Rice Estate for your nursing or rehabilitation needs, you know you or your loved one will receive customizable care within a warm, welcoming environment.
From Our Blog
Do You Have “Head-in-Sand” Syndrome?
Posted on November 13, 2025 - If you were actively bleeding from a cut on your hand, you wouldn’t just go about your day, right? No! You would find a bandage and treat your wound. You’d want to stop the bleeding and prevent the cut from being infected. And yet, a new study from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin found that more than one in three people actively avoid or are likely to avoid available information about their health. The researchers called it “deliberate ignorance,” but is also known as “the ostrich effect” or “head-in-sand syndrome.”