Charleston County, South Carolina, has a population of 401,438 people, with 15.8 percent of residents aged 65 and older. Nine memory care facilities around Charleston County provide services for the state’s 89,000 people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia.
Facilities offering memory care are Community Residential Care Facilities (CRCFs), while some may also be classified as Alzheimer’s Special Care Units (SCUs) that offer specialized care and assistance with basic daily needs.
Considered the primary medical hub for eastern South Carolina, Charleston County is home to the Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center (MUSC). MUSC Medical Center offers a Memory Disorders Clinic for advanced treatment of residents diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.