Licensed assisted living around Charleston

How many assisted living facilities are licensed around Charleston?

DPH's data lists 60 licensed community residential care facilities in Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties with 3,452 licensed beds, from 5 to 193 beds each; 4 are small county disabilities board residences, and the rest serve older adults.

Why are there so many small homes in the roster?

14 of the senior-serving CRCFs have 16 or fewer beds, most of them residential care homes in North Charleston; they hold the same license as the large communities but differ greatly in setting, price and services.

Small homes are more likely to accept Optional State Supplementation and usually feel like a household; large communities offer apartments, dining rooms, activity calendars and, often, secured memory care. Sort the table by licensed beds to see both.

What do the roster's columns mean?

License number, licensed beds, the Alzheimer's unit and care flags and the expiration date come from DPH's Find a Facility data; the count of DPH orders comes from DPH's monthly Healthcare Quality enforcement reports since January 2025.

2 of the 60 CRCFs appear in an enforcement report in that period. Every senior-serving CRCF has its own page with its record, nearby alternatives, hurricane plan questions and tour questions. Inspection reports are not online but are public on written request; see how South Carolina licenses CRCFs.