Mary's Residential Care Facility

How big is Mary's Residential Care Facility, and is its license current?

The state's record lists Mary's Residential Care Facility under license CRC-1501 with 5 beds and an expiration of December 31, 2026, smaller than the Midlands midpoint of 39 beds per senior CRCF.

Each CRCF license covers twelve months, and this term started January 1, 2026. DPH bills the operator $10 for every licensed bed (never less than $75), so the bed figure above doubles as the building's paid-for capacity.

Sorted by license number, CRC-1501 falls at position 26 of 64 senior CRCFs in our six counties. Lower numbers generally mean an older license line, though not necessarily an older building.

What happens at Mary's Residential Care Facility if a resident's memory declines?

DPH's record for Mary's Residential Care Facility has no Alzheimer's special care unit flag, so it has no secured dementia area; someone who begins to wander would usually need to move to a facility that has one.

Plenty of residents with early memory loss do well in an open building; the turning point is usually leaving the building unnoticed or behavior staff cannot redirect. The closest senior CRCFs flagged for a secured unit are Harmony Collection at Columbia (AL/MC) (4.1 mi), Vitality Living Columbia (4.5 mi).

Was Mary's Residential Care Facility fined by South Carolina?

We found no administrative or consent order for Mary's Residential Care Facility in DPH's monthly enforcement reports covering January 2025 to September 2026.

Keep that in proportion. Penalty orders are the exception; most problems DPH finds on a visit are closed out with a plan of correction that never appears in the monthly report.

How do I get the latest state inspection of Mary's Residential Care Facility?

Write to DPH Healthcare Quality and ask: South Carolina keeps CRCF inspection reports off the internet, but Section 202.E of Regulation 60-84 makes them, and the facility's response, available to anyone who requests them in writing.

Complaint investigations produce reports too, available on the same terms. When you ask for the newest one, ask whether it was a routine visit or a complaint.

Which licensed CRCFs are closest to Mary's Residential Care Facility in Blythewood?

The nearest other senior CRCF is Country Comfort Community Home in Blythewood, about 2.2 miles away as the crow flies, licensed for 9 beds and not flagged for an Alzheimer's special care unit.

How far is Mary's Residential Care Facility from a hospital?

Mary's Residential Care Facility is located in Blythewood, Richland County, and MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center-Northeast is the closest general hospital on DPH's list, about 5.5 miles away by straight line.

Prisma Health Richland is next, roughly 11.3 miles off. All distances are straight-line measurements between mapped points, not driving times.

Should nursing care become necessary, the two nearest CMS-certified nursing homes are Pruitthealth-Blythewood (2.9 mi; CMS rating 4 of 5) and Rice Estate Rehabilitation and Healthcare (5.3 mi; CMS rating 3 of 5).

Which questions matter most at Mary's Residential Care Facility?

Begin with what the state's own record suggests: ask the date of the last DPH visit and whether you can read the report and the facility's response.

• Ask for a sample week of staff schedules: the legal floor for 5 residents is 1 staff at peak and 1 at night.
• Before counting on public help, ask whether OSS or the Community Choices waiver's Residential Personal Care is accepted here.
• Take the admission agreement home; South Carolina requires it to list every fee and give 30 days' written notice before a fee change.