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Shem Creek at South Bay

1400 Liberty Midtown Dr. Suite 420, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

Overview

Shem Creek at South Bay, located in Mount Pleasant, SC offers assisted living & memory care. Visit Provider Website

A short respite stay here is set up as a trial run, and the operator says it gives you a firsthand look at the care and services before anyone commits to a permanent move.

Shem Creek at South Bay takes Suite 420 of a 24-acre campus at 1400 Liberty Midtown Dr in Mount Pleasant, SC, and the independent living side, South Bay at Mt. Pleasant, is Suite 419 of the same building. The operator's dining and amenity pages cover the whole campus, so a couple needing different levels of help end up at one address rather than two.

Pricing at Shem Creek at South Bay

Two care lines run here, and Liberty Senior Living, who manages Shem Creek at South Bay, doesn't put a monthly figure on either one anywhere on the community's site, so nothing there gives you a per-month number to plan around. A figure quoted for Shem Creek at South Bay on a directory is that site's estimate rather than a rate the operator stands behind. A single request through Get Pricing brings back the community's own number and the daily help it buys, so you can compare your shortlist on real figures rather than guesses.

Care and Support at Shem Creek at South Bay

This side of the campus covers three services: assisted living, memory care and respite. On the assisted living side the operator describes the work as help with daily activities, medication management and safety supervision, day and night, so it fits someone who handles most of the day and needs help with two or three parts of it. Memory care sits in what the operator calls a specialized neighborhood, designed for cognitive health and emotional well-being in a secure setting, and GEMMS is the Liberty memory support program running there. No respite rate appears anywhere, so naming respite in your pricing request saves you a second round of questions.

Rooms at Shem Creek at South Bay

Every apartment named for this side is a one bedroom with one bath, and the sizes sit far apart:

Edgewater: assisted living, one bedroom, 375 square feet
Heyward: assisted living, one bedroom, 571 square feet
Magnolia: assisted living, one bedroom, 776 square feet
Drayton: memory care, one bedroom, 363 square feet

Magnolia is more than twice Edgewater's floor space, so which plan you're shown changes what any quote is worth to you. Each assisted living residence is listed with a private bathroom and walk-in shower, individual climate control, and a kitchenette with granite countertops.

Life at Shem Creek at South Bay

There are three named places to eat, Patriots Pub, Sullivan's Grill and Sweetgrass Market, and around them a library, a card room, an art studio, a fitness center, a salt water pool and hot tub, and a courtyard with a putting green. Weekly housekeeping, scheduled transportation and emergency response are on the campus services list, and INSPIRE is the wellness program used on the assisted living side. The operator does not say which come with the monthly fee, so naming the two or three you would really use gets you a quote you can actually compare.

Around Shem Creek at South Bay

The operator points at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens, Shem Creek Park with its boardwalks and marsh views, and the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, and describes the setting as near Charleston. Those are the places family will actually take someone out to on a Sunday, which beats a list of stores.

Shem Creek at South Bay is a community within Liberty Senior Living. See all communities and locations within Liberty Senior Living

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Pricing

Assisted Living

Shem Creek at South Bay has not shared current pricing for assisted living. The average price for assisted living in the area ranges from $4,510 - $4,790 per month.

Memory Care

Your monthly costs at Shem Creek at South Bay will vary depending on room type and the level of care needed.

Amenities

Cable
Telephone
Wi-Fi
Kitchenettes
Outdoor Space
Dining Room
Media / Activities Room
Housekeeping and Linen Services

Room Types

One Bedroom

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Frequently Asked Questions

Answers about care, costs and life at Shem Creek at South Bay

Should I choose Shem Creek at South Bay or South Bay at Mt. Pleasant?

One building, two suites. Shem Creek at South Bay is Suite 420, the assisted living, memory care and respite side, with one-bedroom apartments from 363 to 776 square feet and a team on hand day and night for daily activities, medication management and supervision. South Bay at Mt. Pleasant is Suite 419, and it covers independent living. It comes down to whether hands-on care is needed now: if it is, Shem Creek at South Bay is the side that provides it, and if it isn't, start with the independent living side. A change later means moving between suites rather than starting over somewhere new.

How much does Shem Creek at South Bay cost per month?

Neither care line carries a standing monthly rate. Liberty Senior Living, who manages Shem Creek at South Bay, hasn't shown a per-month price for assisted living on the community's site, and states no rate of its own for memory care, so a direct request is what turns this into a real number. A third-party site quoting a number for Shem Creek at South Bay is estimating it. What moves the real figure is the daily help you're assessed as needing, the apartment you choose, and whether memory care is involved.

What is not included in Shem Creek at South Bay's monthly fee?

The operator does not state a monthly price for Shem Creek at South Bay, so it does not say what that price covers either. Three things go unstated, and each one can move your bill: no meal count is given for assisted living or memory care, nothing is said about a community fee at move-in, and no rate at all is given for a respite stay. The operator's own cost pages do say the level of care changes what you pay, and they tell you to check whether a quoted price covers room and board on top of care. Getting all of that into one written quote gives you a monthly number you can plan against.

Does Shem Creek at South Bay offer respite stays?

Yes. Respite care is one of three services on this side of the campus at Shem Creek at South Bay, alongside assisted living and memory care, and the operator calls it short-term support in a safe, welcoming environment. It also works as a test drive: a short stay lets you see how the place actually runs day to day, then decide on a permanent move from experience rather than from a tour. No respite rate and no minimum stay length appear on the community's site, so putting both in your pricing request tells you what a short stay costs and how long it has to be.

What is daily life like at Shem Creek at South Bay?

Most of your day at Shem Creek at South Bay happens on a shared 24-acre campus rather than in one wing. Dining is spread over three venues, Patriots Pub, Sullivan's Grill and Sweetgrass Market, and the rest of the campus holds a library, a card room, an art studio, a fitness center, a salt water pool and hot tub, and walking paths around the lakes. Weekly housekeeping, linens, scheduled transportation and concierge service sit on the campus services list, and INSPIRE is the wellness program used on the assisted living side. The operator presents all of that as campus-wide rather than tied to one wing, so you're not picking between a care building and the good rooms.

Who can live at Shem Creek at South Bay?

The operator gives no age, income or care-level requirement for Shem Creek at South Bay, so who fits is decided by an assessment, not by a rule the operator states. What the operator does say is the shape of the place: a licensed assisted living community offering assisted living, memory care and respite care. That points at someone who needs help with parts of the day, or supervision because of memory loss, rather than someone living fully independently, and the independent living side of the same campus is where to look if that's you.