Charleston Senior AdvisorHarmony at Wescott, at 5130 Wescott Blvd in Summerville (Dorchester County), holds S.C. Department of Public Health community residential care facility license CRC-1596 for 105 beds, valid through June 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.
What does the state license record say about Harmony at Wescott?
The state record for Harmony at Wescott is license CRC-1596: 105 beds, expiring June 30, 2027. Measured against the 48-bed midpoint of the Lowcountry's senior CRCFs, it is bigger than average.
| Field | From DPH's record |
|---|---|
| DPH license number | CRC-1596 |
| License term on file | July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 |
| Beds on the license | 105 |
| Alzheimer's special care unit flag | Yes |
| Alzheimer's care flag | Yes |
| Licensee of record | Charleston Operations LLC (VA-based) |
| Business form reported to DPH | Limited Liability |
| Administrator named on the license | Kaley Patterson |
| Orders in DPH enforcement reports, January 2025 to September 2026 | 0 |
| Phone listed with DPH | (843) 486-2712 |
Licenses run for a single year, and this one's term opened on July 1, 2026. The license ties one licensee to one address and caps the number of residents, so a new owner or a new building means a fresh license number.
License numbers are issued in sequence. Ordered from lowest to highest, CRC-1596 is number 25 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 Harmony at Wescott have?
Yes, according to DPH: Harmony at Wescott 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).
Any building that advertises dementia care must hand families a written disclosure under S.C. Code 44-36-510: how the program is run, who is admitted and discharged, staff training and staffing, activities and the physical setting. Request it before the visit and compare it with what you see.
Background: South Carolina's rules for Alzheimer's units.
Do any state enforcement orders name Harmony at Wescott?
Not in the period we checked: Harmony at Wescott is absent from every DPH Healthcare Quality enforcement report published for January 2025 to September 2026.
Keep that in proportion. Orders are kept for serious or repeated failures; routine citations are closed out with a plan of correction and never reach the monthly list, so the inspection report is still worth reading.
Where can families read inspection reports for Harmony at Wescott?
Ask Harmony at Wescott for its most recent report, and ask DPH in writing as a check. Regulation 60-84, Section 202.E, makes the reports public even though the state publishes no CRCF inspection data in bulk.
Because there is no published schedule, only Harmony at Wescott can tell you when DPH last came. Any report with citations should have a plan of correction signed by the administrator attached; read the two together.
Where would Harmony at Wescott residents go in a hurricane evacuation?
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).
Dorchester County is not one of the six coastal counties named in Section 1401.B.1.c of Regulation 60-84, so the out-of-region sheltering requirement does not apply by rule; the written evacuation plan, sheltering agreement and transport plan still do. Ask how the facility handled the last evacuation order and what it would do if the sheltering facility were full. See how hurricane rules apply to Lowcountry facilities.
Which licensed CRCFs are the nearest alternatives to Harmony at Wescott?
Terrabella Summerville in Summerville is the nearest other senior-serving CRCF, roughly 1.5 miles off as the crow flies, licensed for 63 beds and not flagged for an Alzheimer's special care unit.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | Alzheimer's unit / care (DPH) | DPH orders since Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrabella Summerville 335 Midland Pkwy, 29485 | 1.5 | 63 | No | 0 |
| Cypress Square 205 Midland Pkwy, 29485 | 1.9 | 44 | No | 0 |
| Bridge Assisted Living at Life Care Center of Charleston 2590 Elms Plantation Blvd, 29406 | 5.3 | 100 | No | 0 |
| Midland Park Residential Home Care 2712 Midland Park Rd, 29406 | 5.8 | 52 | No | 0 |
| Claiborne at Brickyard Crossing 112 Grandview Dr, 29483 | 5.8 | 128 | Unit + care | 0 |
What medical care is near Harmony at Wescott in Summerville?
Harmony at Wescott is in Summerville in Dorchester County, and HCA Healthcare Summerville Hospital (Trident Health) is the closest general hospital on DPH's roster, roughly 1.7 miles off as the crow flies.
After that comes HCA Healthcare Trident Hospital, about 4.6 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 Hallmark Healthcare Center (1.8 mi, CMS 4 of 5) and Oakbrook Health and Rehabilitation Center (2.1 mi, CMS 1 of 5).
What belongs on a tour checklist for Harmony at Wescott?
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 how many staff are awake on the overnight shift and when the peak period ends; at full occupancy the peak floor is 14.
- Request the written Alzheimer's special care disclosure and the number of beds inside the secured unit.
- Before counting on public help, confirm whether the building takes OSS or Residential Personal Care at all.
- Read the admission agreement for level-of-care charges, refund terms and the 30-day notice of fee changes.
- The licensee is registered in VA; ask who runs the building locally and who sits above the administrator.
