Located south of Myrtle Beach, Dorchester County in South Carolina has over 136,000 residents, 13,849 of whom are seniors in the 65 and older age bracket. Some of these seniors may be showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia and may be among the 89,000 seniors already diagnosed in South Carolina. Dorchester County has three memory care facilities to assist these seniors, all of which are located in Summerville.
Memory care facilities, or as they’re known in Dorchester County and the rest of South Carolina, Assisted Living Facilities and Community Residential Care Facilities, are licensed by the Board of Health and Environmental Control, Division of Health Licensing.