Charleston Senior AdvisorKempton of Charleston, at 194 Spring St in Charleston (Charleston County), holds S.C. Department of Public Health community residential care facility license CRC-2222 for 89 beds, valid through March 31, 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.
How is Kempton of Charleston licensed in South Carolina?
Yes. Kempton of Charleston appears on DPH's active roster with 89 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-2222 |
| License term on file | April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027 |
| Beds on the license | 89 |
| Alzheimer's special care unit flag | Yes |
| Alzheimer's care flag | Yes |
| Licensee of record | Spring Street Senior Housing Opco LLC (FL-based) |
| Business form reported to DPH | Limited Liability |
| Administrator named on the license | Joe Carr |
| Orders in DPH enforcement reports, January 2025 to September 2026 | 0 |
| Phone listed with DPH | (854) 500-7778 |
A CRCF license in South Carolina lasts one year. This term started April 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-2222 is number 37 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 Kempton of Charleston have?
Yes, according to DPH: Kempton of Charleston 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.
Has DPH sanctioned Kempton of Charleston?
Not in the period we checked: Kempton of Charleston 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 Kempton of Charleston?
Ask Kempton of Charleston 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 Kempton of Charleston 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.
How does Kempton of Charleston prepare for a Lowcountry hurricane?
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 Kempton of Charleston?
Indigo Hall in Charleston is the nearest other senior-serving CRCF, roughly 2.6 miles off as the crow flies, licensed for 179 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indigo Hall 509 Standard Way, 29412 | 2.6 | 179 | Unit + care | 1 |
| Bishop Gadsden Gadsden Glen Center for Health and Rehab- Arcadia 8000 Noble Oak Way, 29412 | 4.1 | 32 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community 1 Bishop Gadsden Way, 29412 | 4.2 | 91 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Ivory's Loving Care Residential Facility 2827 Spruill Ave, 29405 | 4.3 | 7 | No | 0 |
| Maria's Priority Care Residential Home III 3115 Meeting Street Rd, 29405 | 4.5 | 7 | No | 0 |
Which hospitals are closest to Kempton of Charleston?
Kempton of Charleston is in Charleston's Downtown Peninsula area, and MUSC Medical Center is the closest general hospital on DPH's roster, roughly 0.4 miles off as the crow flies.
After that comes Roper Hospital, about 0.4 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 Kempton of Charleston (0.0 mi, CMS 5 of 5) and Ashley River Healthcare (3.3 mi, CMS 3 of 5).
Also licensed at this street address: Kempton of Charleston (nursing home, license NCF-1064). On a shared campus a resident can often change levels of care without changing communities.
What belongs on a tour checklist for Kempton of Charleston?
Use the state record to plan the visit: ask the date of DPH's latest visit, what was cited, and to read the signed plan of correction.
- Ask for a sample week of the staffing schedule and compare it with the floor for 89 beds: 12 at peak, 3 off-peak.
- Request the written Alzheimer's special care disclosure and the number of beds inside the secured unit.
- Ask whether Kempton of Charleston accepts residents on Optional State Supplementation (OSS) or Community Choices Residential Personal Care if savings run out.
- Read the admission agreement for level-of-care charges, refund terms and the 30-day notice of fee changes.
- The licensee is registered in FL; ask who runs the building locally and who sits above the administrator.
