Home health & hospice in Charleston

How many home health, hospice and in-home care agencies serve Charleston?

Across the three counties DPH's data shows 15 licensed home health agencies, 11 hospice programs and houses and 136 in-home care providers; 27 of those offices are inside Charleston's four areas and most of the rest are in North Charleston.

Which hospices are licensed in the Charleston area?

DPH's data shows these licensed hospice programs and houses in the three counties: Agape Care South Carolina (North Charleston), Bristol Hospice Charleston LLC (North Charleston), Gentiva (North Charleston), Heart N Soul Hospice of South Carolina LLC (North Charleston), Heartland Hospice - Charleston (North Charleston), Interim Healthcare Hospice of Charleston (North Charleston), Musc Health Hospice at Home by Bayda- Charleston (North Charleston), PruittHealth Hospice-Charleston (Ladson), Roper Hospice (Ladson), Roper St Francis Hospice (Ladson), Lowcountry Community Hospice House (Summerville).

Medicare's hospice benefit pays for hospice wherever the patient lives: home, a CRCF or a nursing home. Ask any hospice how fast it answers a night call and where inpatient care happens when symptoms cannot be managed at home.

What does in-home care cost in Charleston?

No Charleston figure is published; CareScout's 2025 South Carolina median for a non-medical home care worker is about $31 an hour, about $5,982 a month at 44 hours a week, while Medicare-covered home health costs an eligible patient nothing.

The Community Choices waiver can pay for personal care and companion care at home for eligible Medicaid members who meet nursing facility level of care; referrals go to SCDHHS Community Long Term Care at (888) 971-1637.

How do I choose a home health agency after a Charleston hospital stay?

Ask whether the agency is Medicare-certified for the ordered services, how soon it can start, how often the nurse and therapists will come, and who answers after hours; the physician's order defines what Medicare covers.

Every licensed agency appears in the home health and hospice roster with the number of counties its license covers. Agencies that already work with your parent's doctors often make the first weeks after discharge smoother.