Wellmore of Daniel Island

How is Wellmore of Daniel Island licensed in South Carolina?

Yes. Wellmore of Daniel Island appears on DPH's active roster with 174 licensed beds, bigger than the typical (48-bed) senior-serving CRCF among the 56 we track in Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties.

Licenses run for a single year, and this one's term opened on May 1, 2026. The license ties one licensee to one address and caps the number of residents, so a new owner or a new building means a fresh license number.

License numbers are issued in sequence. Ordered from lowest to highest, CRC-1569 is number 23 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.

Can Wellmore of Daniel Island accept a resident with dementia who may wander?

Yes, according to DPH: Wellmore of Daniel Island 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).

There is no special dementia staffing ratio in South Carolina. The whole building works to the CRCF floor of one staff member for every eight residents at peak times and one for every 30 off-peak, so ask how many people are posted inside the secured area overnight.

Background: South Carolina's rules for Alzheimer's units.

Has Wellmore of Daniel Island paid a state penalty?

Not in the period we checked: Wellmore of Daniel Island is absent from every DPH Healthcare Quality enforcement report published for January 2025 to September 2026.

Most citations end with a signed plan of correction rather than a fine, which means a clean enforcement history and a clean inspection are two different things.

Are Wellmore of Daniel Island's DPH inspection results public?

They are public, though not posted online: under Section 202.E of Regulation 60-84, DPH releases Wellmore of Daniel Island's inspection and complaint-investigation reports and the plan of correction to anyone who asks in writing.

Because there is no published schedule, only Wellmore of Daniel Island 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 Wellmore of Daniel Island'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).

Berkeley County is not one of the six coastal counties named in Section 1401.B.1.c of Regulation 60-84, so the out-of-region sheltering requirement does not apply by rule; the written evacuation plan, sheltering agreement and transport plan still do. Ask which vehicles are contracted, how medications travel with residents, and how families are told where their relative went. See how hurricane rules apply to Lowcountry facilities.

What should we compare Wellmore of Daniel Island with nearby?

Revela at Daniel Island in Charleston is the nearest other senior-serving CRCF, roughly 0.9 miles off as the crow flies, licensed for 76 beds and not flagged for an Alzheimer's special care unit.

Which hospitals are closest to Wellmore of Daniel Island?

Wellmore of Daniel Island is in Charleston's Daniel Island & Cainhoy area, and East Cooper Medical Center is the closest general hospital on DPH's roster, roughly 4.7 miles off as the crow flies.

After that comes MUSC Medical Center, about 6.3 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 Retreat at Wellmore of Daniel Island (0.0 mi, CMS 3 of 5) and Riverside Health and Rehab (4.2 mi, CMS 1 of 5).

Also licensed at this street address: Retreat at Wellmore of Daniel Island (nursing home, license NCF-0965). On a shared campus a resident can often change levels of care without changing communities.

Which questions does Wellmore of Daniel Island's public record raise?

Use the state record to plan the visit: ask the date of DPH's latest visit, what was cited, and to read the signed plan of correction.

• Ask how many staff are awake on the overnight shift and when the peak period ends; at full occupancy the peak floor is 22.
• Request the written Alzheimer's special care disclosure and the number of beds inside the secured unit.
• Ask whether Wellmore of Daniel Island accepts residents on Optional State Supplementation (OSS) or Community Choices Residential Personal Care if savings run out.
• Read the admission agreement for level-of-care charges, refund terms and the 30-day notice of fee changes.
• The licensee is registered in NC; ask who runs the building locally and who sits above the administrator.