Charleston Senior AdvisorQuality Care Residential Home, at 107 Etling Ave in Goose Creek (Berkeley County), holds S.C. Department of Public Health community residential care facility license CRC-0715 for 29 beds, valid through January 31, 2027; the state's data shows no Alzheimer's special care unit. In South Carolina a CRCF license is the assisted living license.
How is Quality Care Residential Home licensed in South Carolina?
License CRC-0715 covers Quality Care Residential Home for 29 residents; among the 56 senior-serving CRCFs in the three counties, whose midpoint is 48 beds, that makes it smaller than most.
| Field | From DPH's record |
|---|---|
| DPH license number | CRC-0715 |
| License term on file | February 1, 2026 through January 31, 2027 |
| Beds on the license | 29 |
| Alzheimer's special care unit flag | No |
| Alzheimer's care flag | No |
| Licensee of record | Quality Care Residential Home SC LLC |
| Business form reported to DPH | not given |
| Administrator named on the license | Martina E. Hitchman |
| Orders in DPH enforcement reports, January 2025 to September 2026 | 0 |
| Phone listed with DPH | (843) 863-0209 |
A CRCF license in South Carolina lasts one year. This term started February 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-0715 is number 5 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 happens at Quality Care Residential Home if a resident develops dementia?
No secured unit is recorded: DPH's data lists no Alzheimer's special care unit at Quality Care Residential Home, so someone who begins exit-seeking would normally need a building with one.
Plenty of residents with early memory loss do well in unsecured buildings; the move usually comes with wandering or behavior staff cannot safely manage. The closest senior CRCFs flagged for a special care unit are Stratford Place of Goose Creek Memory Care (0.7 mi), Blake at Carnes Crossroads (5.3 mi), Harmony at Wescott (6.9 mi).
Has DPH sanctioned Quality Care Residential Home?
Not in the period we checked: Quality Care Residential Home is absent from every DPH Healthcare Quality enforcement report published for January 2025 to September 2026.
Staying off the enforcement list means no recent penalty or sanction; it does not mean DPH found nothing to correct. Only the inspection report shows that.
Are Quality Care Residential Home's DPH inspection results public?
Ask Quality Care Residential Home 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.
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.
How does Quality Care Residential Home 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).
Berkeley 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 Quality Care Residential Home?
Goose Creek Manor #1 in Goose Creek is the nearest other senior-serving CRCF, roughly 0.2 miles off as the crow flies, licensed for 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Creek Manor #1 104 Marilyn St, 29445 | 0.2 | 7 | No | 0 |
| Goose Creek Manor #2 104 Marilyn St, 29445 | 0.2 | 36 | No | 0 |
| Stratford Place Goose Creek - Assisted Living 97 Bridgetown Rd, 29445 | 0.7 | 34 | No | 0 |
| Stratford Place of Goose Creek Memory Care 95 Bridgetown Rd, 29445 | 0.7 | 34 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Bridge Assisted Living at Life Care Center of Charleston 2590 Elms Plantation Blvd, 29406 | 1.7 | 100 | No | 0 |
Where is Quality Care Residential Home, and how close is hospital care?
Quality Care Residential Home is in Goose Creek in Berkeley County, and HCA Healthcare Trident Hospital is the closest general hospital on DPH's roster, roughly 2.4 miles off as the crow flies.
After that comes Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital, about 5.7 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 Life Care Center of Charleston (1.8 mi, CMS 3 of 5) and White Oak Manor Charleston (2.6 mi, CMS 4 of 5).
What belongs on a tour checklist for Quality Care Residential Home?
Use the state record to plan the visit: ask when DPH was last in the building and whether you can see that report and the facility's answer.
- With 29 beds, the regulation's minimum is 4 staff at peak times and 1 off-peak; ask what Quality Care Residential Home actually schedules.
- 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.
