Memory Care in Bluffton, SC
Six communities in Bluffton and Okatie have secure memory care, from The Addison’s Magnolia Trails to Palmettos Village on Okatie Highway.
Memory Care Communities in Bluffton, SC
800 Fording Island Rd, Bluffton, SC 29910
Memory care suites that families furnish from home, a full-time licensed nurse, and respite stays.
25 Cassidy Dr, Bluffton, SC 29910
A secure memory care area with private studios, shared two-bedroom apartments and its own courtyard.
8 Hampton Lake Dr, Bluffton, SC 29910
Magnolia Trails memory care, from $6,570 a month. Formerly Benton House of Bluffton.
3035 Okatie Hwy, Bluffton, SC 29909
Palmettos Village: 20 private and 2 companion apartments around an enclosed courtyard, next to NHC’s nursing center.
Four Bluffton assisted living communities have a separate, secure memory care neighborhood. The Palmettos of Bluffton’s Palmettos Village has 20 private and 2 companion apartments, a dementia-friendly layout and an enclosed courtyard, and NHC’s nursing center is next door. Vineyard Bluffton has private studios and shared two-bedroom apartments around its own courtyard.
At The Addison of Bluffton, memory care is called Magnolia Trails, with studio apartments and daily routines built around each resident. The Pines at Bluffton, on a private 10-acre site on Fording Island Road, has memory care suites that families can furnish with familiar pieces, with a licensed nurse on staff full time and care partners on duty around the clock.
Memory Care on a Campus With Independent Living
60 Oak Forest Rd, Bluffton, SC 29910
Memory care is its own neighborhood, in a community that also has independent and assisted living.
567 North Okatie Hwy, Ridgeland, SC 29936
Memory care on the same campus as independent living apartments, villas and assisted living.
May River Landing near Belfair and Canterfield of Bluffton on SC 170 have independent living, assisted living and memory care in one community. That suits a couple whose needs differ, or a parent in the early stages who wants to move once and stay. Canterfield has a Ridgeland address, in Jasper County, though it carries the Bluffton name.
What Memory Care Costs in Bluffton
The Addison is the one Bluffton community that publishes its price: memory care starts at $6,570 a month, with meals, housekeeping, activities and 24-hour staff included. Expect the others to quote after an assessment, since the fee depends on how much help a resident needs.
Families pay from savings and income, long-term-care insurance and, for veterans and their spouses, the VA’s Aid and Attendance benefit. Medicare pays for a hospital stay or short-term rehab, not for the room and daily care in memory care, so ask each community what it accepts before you tour.
Respite Stays and Dementia Day Programs
The Pines at Bluffton, Vineyard Bluffton and The Addison of Bluffton offer respite stays: a few days or weeks in a furnished room while a family caregiver rests or travels, or a trial before a move. Ask whether the stay has a minimum length and what it costs a day.
For someone still living at home, Memory Matters on Hilton Head runs a dementia day program Monday to Friday, 9:30 to 3:30, about 25 minutes from Old Town, and classes and support groups for caregivers. Home care agencies in Bluffton also send trained caregivers to the house for a few hours or around the clock.
How to Choose Memory Care
Tour at a mealtime and again in the late afternoon, when confusion is often worst. Ask how many caregivers are on the memory care wing at night, how the doors are secured, how staff handle wandering and agitation, and what happens if a resident later needs nursing care.
Every kind of care in town is on the Bluffton senior living guide, and the island’s own options are on memory care on Hilton Head Island.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Which Bluffton communities have memory care?
The Addison of Bluffton (Magnolia Trails), The Palmettos of Bluffton (Palmettos Village), Vineyard Bluffton, The Pines at Bluffton, May River Landing and Canterfield of Bluffton all have memory care.
How much does memory care cost in Bluffton, SC?
The Addison of Bluffton publishes memory care from $6,570 a month, with meals, housekeeping, activities and 24-hour staff included. The other communities quote after an assessment, so call each one.
Does Medicare pay for memory care?
No. Medicare covers hospital stays and short-term rehab, not the room and daily care in memory care. Families use savings, long-term-care insurance or VA benefits.
Is there respite care for dementia in Bluffton?
Yes. The Pines at Bluffton, Vineyard Bluffton and The Addison of Bluffton offer short respite stays in a furnished room.
Is Canterfield of Bluffton in Bluffton or Ridgeland?
Its address is 567 North Okatie Highway, Ridgeland, SC 29936, in Jasper County, on SC 170 north of Bluffton.
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Independent living in Bluffton, SC: Okatie Pines rents by the month with no buy-in; May River Landing and Canterfield add care on campus.
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