Charleston Senior AdvisorMount Pleasant Gardens, at 1025 Hungryneck Blvd in Mount Pleasant (Charleston County), holds S.C. Department of Public Health community residential care facility license CRC-2458 for 71 beds, valid through October 31, 2027; the state's data marks it as running an Alzheimer's special care unit. In South Carolina a CRCF license is the assisted living license.
How is Mount Pleasant Gardens licensed in South Carolina?
License CRC-2458 covers Mount Pleasant Gardens for 71 residents; among the 56 senior-serving CRCFs in the three counties, whose midpoint is 48 beds, that makes it bigger than most.
| Field | From DPH's record |
|---|---|
| DPH license number | CRC-2458 |
| License term on file | October 1, 2026 through October 31, 2027 |
| Beds on the license | 71 |
| Alzheimer's special care unit flag | Yes |
| Alzheimer's care flag | Yes |
| Licensee of record | Opco (sc) Mount Pleasant - 1025 Hungry Neck Blvd LLC (GA-based) |
| Business form reported to DPH | Limited Liability |
| Administrator named on the license | Kristen Dollason |
| Orders in DPH enforcement reports, January 2025 to September 2026 | 0 |
| Phone listed with DPH | (843) 216-1001 |
The record shows the current term ending October 31, 2027, after which the license must be renewed. Since the annual fee is charged per licensed bed ($10 each, $75 floor), operators have little reason to carry beds they do not use.
License numbers are issued in sequence. Ordered from lowest to highest, CRC-2458 is number 56 of the 56 senior CRCF licenses in the tri-county area; that hints at how long this license line has existed, not how old the building is.
Does Mount Pleasant Gardens offer a secured memory care unit?
Yes, according to DPH: Mount Pleasant Gardens is flagged for an Alzheimer's special care unit or program, the state's term for a secure area or program for people with probable Alzheimer's or a related dementia that restricts their movement outside it (Regulation 60-84, Section 101.F).
DPH's flag confirms the unit exists but not its size; the roster carries no separate dementia-bed count. Ask how many of the licensed beds are behind the secured doors and how long the wait is.
Background: South Carolina's rules for Alzheimer's units.
Has DPH sanctioned Mount Pleasant Gardens?
No. Searching DPH's enforcement reports for January 2025 to September 2026 turned up no administrative or consent order against Mount Pleasant Gardens.
Keep that in proportion. Orders are kept for serious or repeated failures; routine citations are closed out with a plan of correction and never reach the monthly list, so the inspection report is still worth reading.
Where can families read inspection reports for Mount Pleasant Gardens?
Ask Mount Pleasant Gardens for its most recent report, and ask DPH in writing as a check. Regulation 60-84, Section 202.E, makes the reports public even though the state publishes no CRCF inspection data in bulk.
Because there is no published schedule, only Mount Pleasant Gardens can tell you when DPH last came. Any report with citations should have a plan of correction signed by the administrator attached; read the two together.
What is Mount Pleasant Gardens's hurricane evacuation plan?
Ask to see it: every South Carolina CRCF must keep a written emergency and disaster evacuation plan, made with its county emergency management agency, that names where residents will be sheltered, how they will be moved and who will care for them, and residents or their responsible party may inspect it (Regulation 60-84, Section 1401).
Because the building is in Charleston County, Regulation 60-84 (Section 1401.B.1.c) requires its hurricane plan to name at least one sheltering facility outside the six coastal counties of Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Horry, Jasper and Georgetown. Ask when the sheltering agreement was last renewed (at least every three years is required) and when staff last rehearsed the plan. See how hurricane rules apply to Lowcountry facilities.
What other assisted living is near Mount Pleasant Gardens?
Franke Home in Mount Pleasant is the nearest other senior-serving CRCF, roughly 0.9 miles off as the crow flies, licensed for 86 beds and flagged for an Alzheimer's special care unit.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | Alzheimer's unit / care (DPH) | DPH orders since Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franke Home 1885 Rifle Range Rd, 29464 | 0.9 | 86 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Shem Creek at South Bay 1400 Liberty Midtown Dr Ste 420, 29464 | 1.0 | 150 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Cooper Hall at the Palms of Mt Pleasant 937 Bowman Rd, 29464 | 1.6 | 44 | No | 0 |
| Savannah Hall Assisted Living 1010 Lake Hunter Cir, 29464 | 1.7 | 16 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Artisan Mount Pleasant 601 Solana Way, 29464 | 1.8 | 112 | No | 0 |
Where is Mount Pleasant Gardens, and how close is hospital care?
Mount Pleasant Gardens is in Mount Pleasant in Charleston County, and East Cooper Medical Center is the closest general hospital on DPH's roster, roughly 1.0 miles off as the crow flies.
After that comes Mount Pleasant Hospital, about 5.3 miles away. These are map distances; bridges and traffic on I-26, I-526 and the Ravenel Bridge decide the real drive.
Should nursing care become necessary, the closest CMS-certified homes are Franke Health Care Center (0.9 mi, CMS 4 of 5) and Oak Harbor Healthcare (1.6 mi, CMS 4 of 5).
What should a family ask Mount Pleasant Gardens before signing?
Begin with what the record suggests: ask for the most recent DPH inspection or complaint report and the written response to it.
- Ask how many staff are awake on the overnight shift and when the peak period ends; at full occupancy the peak floor is 9.
- Request the written Alzheimer's special care disclosure and the number of beds inside the secured unit.
- Ask what happens to a resident whose private funds are spent, and whether OSS residents are accepted.
- Ask which charges rise with care needs, and check the agreement's 30-day notice clause for fee changes.
- The licensee is registered in GA; ask who runs the building locally and who sits above the administrator.
