Columbia Senior AdvisorHow many memory care units are licensed in Columbia, SC?
13 licensed buildings with Columbia mailing addresses carry an Alzheimer's flag in DPH's data: 12 community residential care facilities and 1 nursing homes, 9 of them flagged for a secured special care unit.
| Facility | License type | Licensed beds | Alzheimer's unit / care (DPH) | DPH orders since Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookdale Harbison 51 Woodcross Dr, 29212 | CRCF | 52 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Harmony Collection at Columbia (AL/MC) 2300 Clemson Rd, 29229 | CRCF | 110 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Harmony Collection at Columbia (IL) 2232 Clemson Rd, 29229 | CRCF | 25 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Merrill Gardens at Columbia 2205 Gregg St, 29201 | CRCF | 52 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Mill Creek Manor 651 Polo Rd, 29223 | CRCF | 59 | Unit + care | 1 |
| NHC Healthcare Parklane 7601 Parklane Rd, 29223 | NH | 180 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Palmettos of Parklane 7811 Parklane Rd, 29223 | CRCF | 85 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Vitality Living Columbia 1951 Clemson Rd, 29223 | CRCF | 118 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Wildewood Downs Assisted Living Community 731 Polo Rd, 29223 | CRCF | 57 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Fairforest Grove Senior Living 120 Fairforest Rd, 29212 | CRCF | 66 | Care only | 0 |
| Forest Lake Manor 4405 Forest Dr, 29206 | CRCF | 60 | Care only | 0 |
| Springtree Manor 251 Springtree Dr, 29223 | CRCF | 52 | Care only | 0 |
| Williams Community Care Home 7705 Richard St, 29209 | CRCF | 9 | Care only | 0 |
What should we check first at a Columbia memory care unit?
Confirm DPH's record carries the Alzheimer's special care unit flag, then ask for the written disclosure the Alzheimer's Special Care Disclosure Act requires, the overnight staffing inside the secured area and the conditions that would force a move.
South Carolina applies its building-wide CRCF minimums (one worker per eight residents at peak, one per 30 off-peak) to dementia units too, so the overnight figure is the one to press on. No memory care price is published for Columbia; get a written quote.
Is there memory care in the towns around Columbia?
Yes: 15 more licensed buildings are in Lexington, West Columbia, Irmo, Chapin, Camden, Elgin and the other towns we cover, and the rest of the six counties add 2.
- Calveria Living at Camden, Camden: 60 beds, Alzheimer's flag: Unit + care
- Heritage at Lowman Residential Care, Chapin: 132 beds, Alzheimer's flag: Unit + care
- Blake at Woodcreek Farms, Elgin: 100 beds, Alzheimer's flag: Unit + care
- Sedgewood Manor Health Care Center, Hopkins: 38 beds, Alzheimer's flag: Care only
- Generations of Irmo, Irmo: 78 beds, Alzheimer's flag: Unit + care
- Harbison Shores, Irmo: 82 beds, Alzheimer's flag: Unit + care
- Lakeside Place Senior Living, Lexington: 90 beds, Alzheimer's flag: Unit + care
- Lexington Memory Care, Lexington: 48 beds, Alzheimer's flag: Unit + care
- Oakleaf Village of Lexington, Lexington: 100 beds, Alzheimer's flag: Care only
- Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina-Columbia, Lexington: 91 beds, Alzheimer's flag: Unit + care
- Spring Oak Lexington, Lexington: 90 beds, Alzheimer's flag: Care only
- Wellmore of Lexington, Lexington: 174 beds, Alzheimer's flag: Unit + care
- Lexington Medical Center Extended Care, Lexington: 388 beds, Alzheimer's flag: Unit + care
- Laurel Crest, West Columbia: 26 beds, Alzheimer's flag: Unit + care
- SC Episcopal Home at Still Hopes (CRCF), West Columbia: 48 beds, Alzheimer's flag: Unit + care
What does memory care cost in Columbia?
No Columbia figure is published; CareScout's 2025 South Carolina assisted living median is $64,200 a year, about $5,350 a month, and memory care has no published median at all.
For very-low-income residents, Optional State Supplementation pays a participating CRCF up to $1,719 a month as payment in full, and Community Choices can pay for Residential Personal Care in participating CRCFs; ask each building whether it takes either.
Memory care in Columbia at a glance
| Memory care in Columbia is | Memory care in Columbia is not | |
|---|---|---|
| License | DPH CRCF license with the Alzheimer's unit flag | A marketing label |
| Where | Clustered in Northeast Columbia, Sandhills & Clemson Road | Spread evenly across the city |
| Price data | A South Carolina median (assisted living only) | A published Columbia figure |
| Public help | OSS and Community Choices in participating CRCFs | Medicaid paying any CRCF's rent |
