Charleston Senior AdvisorFranke Home, at 1885 Rifle Range Rd in Mount Pleasant (Charleston County), holds S.C. Department of Public Health community residential care facility license CRC-1082 for 86 beds, valid through September 30, 2027; the state's data marks it as running an Alzheimer's special care unit. In South Carolina a CRCF license is the assisted living license.
Is Franke Home a licensed assisted living facility in Mount Pleasant, SC?
Yes. Franke Home appears on DPH's active roster with 86 licensed beds, bigger than the typical (48-bed) senior-serving CRCF among the 56 we track in Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties.
| Field | From DPH's record |
|---|---|
| DPH license number | CRC-1082 |
| License term on file | October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027 |
| Beds on the license | 86 |
| Alzheimer's special care unit flag | Yes |
| Alzheimer's care flag | Yes |
| Licensee of record | Lutheran Homes of South Carolina Inc |
| Business form reported to DPH | Non-Profit Corporation |
| Administrator named on the license | Sandy A. Stoll |
| Orders in DPH enforcement reports, January 2025 to September 2026 | 0 |
| Phone listed with DPH | (843) 856-4700 |
A CRCF license in South Carolina lasts one year. This term started October 1, 2026. Operators pay DPH $10 for each licensed bed (never less than $75) under Section 103.J of Regulation 60-84, which is why the bed figure is a trustworthy size measure.
License numbers are issued in sequence. Ordered from lowest to highest, CRC-1082 is number 16 of the 56 senior CRCF licenses in the tri-county area; that hints at how long this license line has existed, not how old the building is.
What memory care does Franke Home have?
Yes, according to DPH: Franke Home is flagged for an Alzheimer's special care unit or program, the state's term for a secure area or program for people with probable Alzheimer's or a related dementia that restricts their movement outside it (Regulation 60-84, Section 101.F).
There is no special dementia staffing ratio in South Carolina. The whole building works to the CRCF floor of one staff member for every eight residents at peak times and one for every 30 off-peak, so ask how many people are posted inside the secured area overnight.
Background: South Carolina's rules for Alzheimer's units.
Do any state enforcement orders name Franke Home?
No. Searching DPH's enforcement reports for January 2025 to September 2026 turned up no administrative or consent order against Franke Home.
Most citations end with a signed plan of correction rather than a fine, which means a clean enforcement history and a clean inspection are two different things.
Are Franke Home's DPH inspection results public?
They are public, though not posted online: under Section 202.E of Regulation 60-84, DPH releases Franke Home's inspection and complaint-investigation reports and the plan of correction to anyone who asks in writing.
DPH has no fixed inspection cycle for CRCFs; it visits “as deemed appropriate” and without notice. On a tour, ask for the date of the last visit, the deficiencies cited and the signed plan of correction.
What is Franke Home's hurricane evacuation plan?
Ask to see it: every South Carolina CRCF must keep a written emergency and disaster evacuation plan, made with its county emergency management agency, that names where residents will be sheltered, how they will be moved and who will care for them, and residents or their responsible party may inspect it (Regulation 60-84, Section 1401).
Because the building is in Charleston County, Regulation 60-84 (Section 1401.B.1.c) requires its hurricane plan to name at least one sheltering facility outside the six coastal counties of Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Horry, Jasper and Georgetown. Ask which vehicles are contracted, how medications travel with residents, and how families are told where their relative went. See how hurricane rules apply to Lowcountry facilities.
What other assisted living is near Franke Home?
Mount Pleasant Gardens in Mount Pleasant is the nearest other senior-serving CRCF, roughly 0.9 miles off as the crow flies, licensed for 71 beds and flagged for an Alzheimer's special care unit.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | Alzheimer's unit / care (DPH) | DPH orders since Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Gardens 1025 Hungryneck Blvd, 29464 | 0.9 | 71 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Shem Creek at South Bay 1400 Liberty Midtown Dr Ste 420, 29464 | 1.3 | 150 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Cooper Hall at the Palms of Mt Pleasant 937 Bowman Rd, 29464 | 2.3 | 44 | No | 0 |
| Savannah Hall Assisted Living 1010 Lake Hunter Cir, 29464 | 2.4 | 16 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Cooper River Assisted Living 1047 Anna Knapp Blvd, 29464 | 2.7 | 64 | No | 0 |
Which hospitals are closest to Franke Home?
Franke Home is in Mount Pleasant in Charleston County, and East Cooper Medical Center is the closest general hospital on DPH's roster, roughly 1.8 miles off as the crow flies.
After that comes Mount Pleasant Hospital, about 4.9 miles away. These are map distances; bridges and traffic on I-26, I-526 and the Ravenel Bridge decide the real drive.
Should nursing care become necessary, the closest CMS-certified homes are Franke Health Care Center (0.0 mi, CMS 4 of 5) and Oak Harbor Healthcare (2.3 mi, CMS 4 of 5).
Also licensed at this street address: Franke Health Care Center (nursing home, license NCF-0800). On a shared campus a resident can often change levels of care without changing communities.
Which questions does Franke Home's public record raise?
Use the state record to plan the visit: ask for the most recent DPH inspection or complaint report and the written response to it.
- Ask for a sample week of the staffing schedule and compare it with the floor for 86 beds: 11 at peak, 3 off-peak.
- Request the written Alzheimer's special care disclosure and the number of beds inside the secured unit.
- Ask what happens to a resident whose private funds are spent, and whether OSS residents are accepted.
- Take the admission agreement home first; the regulation requires it to list every charge and give 30 days' notice of increases.
