Memory Care Communities in Greenville, South Carolina

Greenville’s average monthly cost of memory care is $164 higher than the statewide median and $946 below the national average. In Spartanburg and Columbia, memory care averages $179 and $591 less per month, respectively. Across the border in nearby Asheville, NC, memory care is relatively expensive—$6,248 a month.

Generally, assisted living communities offer memory care with a premium of around 20-30% of their assisted living fees. Assuming an average added cost of 25% for memory care, Greenville’s seniors can expect to pay around $4,679 a month for memory care.

While many families use their own funds or personal assets to pay for memory care, there are plenty of additional options to cover these costs. Some additional ways to finance memory care costs include:

• Veterans Benefits
• Life Insurance Policy
• Long-Term Care Insurance
• Reverse Mortgage

For more information about different ways to finance memory care, visit our Memory Care in South Carolina page.

On average, homemaker services or a home health aide cost $4,671 a month, $8 less than the city’s median cost of memory care.  The least expensive type of senior care in Greenville is adult day care, which averages $1,408 a month, while the most costly is nursing home care with a private room at $8,941 per month. For semiprivate living arrangements in a Greenville nursing home, the city’s senior spend an average of $7,543.

South Carolina’s memory care facilities are regulated by its Department of Health & Environmental Control. Within the D.H.E.C., the Bureau of Health Facility Licensing performs facility inspections and enforces the state’s laws governing memory care communities.

• Greenville’s seniors have several options for emergency healthcare, including Bon Secours which was recently ranked as the second best hospital in the state by U.S. News & World Reports.
• Though slightly above the statewide average, Greenville’s overall cost of living is more than 10% below the national figure.
• The city receives 13 inches of rainfall more than the national average, but only three inches of snow per year, a fraction of the 28 inches that falls across much of the country. Additionally, the city averages 15 more sunny days per year than the rest of the nation.
• Greenville’s air quality is about 20% worse than most places in America, but since the city has 43 more physicians per capita than the national average, its residents should have more choices of doctors who can help alleviate symptoms from the city’s lackluster air. 
• The city’s violent crime and property crime rates are higher than national averages. but both have been on a steady downward trend over the last couple decades.