Memory Care in Murrells Inlet, SC: Costs and How to Choose

Memory care in Murrells Inlet, SC, comes with a South Carolina rule on your family's side: each secured Alzheimer's unit must tell families what sets its care apart. State records show such a unit at Magnolia Bridge at Murrells Inlet, on TPC Boulevard, and at Seabrook at Murrells Inlet, in the Prince Creek TPC golf community. Their memory care studios start at $6,700 and $6,600 a month. At Seabrook, the rate also turns on how much memory care support your family member needs.

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Last Updated: October 2026
9-minute read| Author: Seth Burney
Published: October 2026
9-minute read | Author: Seth Burney | Date Published: October 2026 | Last Updated: October 2026

Key Takeaways

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Posted starting rates for memory care in Murrells Inlet, SC, run from $6,600 to $6,950 a month, by studio or suite.
Armchairs around a table, for South Carolina's rule when a memory care resident leaves without telling staff, part of our guide for Murrells Inlet, SC
If a resident with memory loss leaves without telling staff, a South Carolina community must call local law enforcement and the responsible party right away.
A bookshelf, for South Carolina's memory care disclosure law, part of our guide for Murrells Inlet, SC
A South Carolina memory care unit must disclose its admission rules, staffing, training and costs to a family seeking a place.
Hands holding a heart beside a meal container, for caregiver support groups in Murrells Inlet, SC, part of our memory care guide
WRCOG lists two caregiver support groups that meet in Murrells Inlet, SC, and Trualta's caregiver lessons are free to South Carolina family caregivers.

Memory Care Rates in Murrells Inlet, SC, by Studio Plan

Chart of posted starting memory care rates in Murrells Inlet, SC: Magnolia Bridge studio $6,700 and suite $6,950, Seabrook studios $6,600 and $6,760, beside Myrtle Beach area nursing home medians of $8,897 and $9,885

Magnolia Bridge at Murrells Inlet and Seabrook at Murrells Inlet both post starting memory care rates, so a family can see a number before the first tour.

As published by each community, checked Oct. 20, 2026.

Magnolia Bridge prices memory care by the apartment, a studio or a suite.

Seabrook folds the apartment and the memory care support into one monthly rate, which depends on both. Its 378-square-foot studio starts at $4,200 a month as assisted living and $6,600 as memory care.

Alzheimer's Special Care Units in Murrells Inlet, SC

The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) records an Alzheimer's special care unit at Magnolia Bridge at Murrells Inlet and at Seabrook at Murrells Inlet.

Profile card for Magnolia Bridge at Murrells Inlet memory care: an Alzheimer's special care unit, studios and companion suites, secure outdoor spaces, from $6,700 a month for a studio, part of our guide for Murrells Inlet, SC

Magnolia Bridge at Murrells Inlet offers three memory care studio plans, Orchard at 323 square feet, Thistle at 373 and Milkweed at 457, plus shared companion suites. Residents have secure indoor and outdoor spaces. For anyone who has trouble chewing or swallowing, meals come as a shake supplement, finely chopped foods or purees. The week brings art and music therapy and brain games, with physical and speech therapy on site. Families can join its education programs and support group meetings. Memory care studios start at $6,700 a month.

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24-Hour and Memory Care Help at Home in Murrells Inlet, SC

Two home care agencies with Murrells Inlet, SC, offices, Home Instead and Homewatch CareGivers, list 24-hour care. Home Instead also lists in-home memory care for cognitive changes, Alzheimer's or dementia. Homewatch CareGivers lists dementia and Alzheimer's care, too.

Both list respite care, too. That's a short break for the family member who usually does the caring.

Their addresses are in the home care list in assisted living in Murrells Inlet, SC.

South Carolina's Alzheimer's Special Care Disclosure Act and Unit Rules

What South Carolina requires of a memory care unit: a disclosure to the family, yearly dementia training, rules on locked doors, and a call to law enforcement and the responsible party if a resident wanders, part of our guide for Murrells Inlet, SC

The disclosure law. South Carolina passed the Alzheimer's Special Care Disclosure Act in 1996. It covers any assisted living community, nursing home or adult day care that offers an Alzheimer's special care unit or program. The community must include what sets that care apart in its policies and procedures. It must also disclose it to the family seeking a place. That covers who the unit admits, moves and discharges, and how it plans care. It also covers staffing, staff training, the building, activities, the family's role and any costs that come only with the unit.

What makes it a special care unit. Regulation 60-84 describes a secure unit or program for residents with probable Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. It limits where residents can go outside its own areas, and the community promotes it as special care. At Magnolia Bridge and Seabrook, the unit is part of a community residential care facility (CRCF). That's South Carolina's license for assisted living.

If a resident wanders. When a resident with memory loss leaves without telling staff, the administrator must call local law enforcement and the resident's responsible party right away. Residents can't be locked in their rooms or shared areas. Exit doors may use delayed-egress locks that building codes allow, or locks DPH approves in writing.

Staffing. At the busiest times of day, a CRCF needs at least one staff member on duty for every eight residents.

Training. Staff train before they work with residents and at least once a year after that. Where residents have dementia, the topics include ways to talk with them, such as cueing and mirroring, plus behaviors, safety and activities. Medication training is on the list as well. The rule covers staff, direct care volunteers and private sitters alike. The state sets the topics, not a number of hours.

Who Can Stay in a South Carolina Memory Care Unit

A CRCF can't admit or keep a resident who needs hospital or nursing home care. The same goes for someone who needs a licensed nurse's continuous daily attention, and the limit holds inside its memory care unit. Magnolia Bridge at Murrells Inlet and Seabrook at Murrells Inlet each hold a CRCF license, so the rule applies at both.

State law gives family members immediate access to a resident, subject to the resident's right to say no.

When you tour in Murrells Inlet, SC, these questions can help:

  • May we see the disclosure the Alzheimer's Special Care Disclosure Act calls for?
  • Which costs come only with the memory care unit?
  • If a resident leaves without staff knowing, who calls us, and how soon?
  • At Magnolia Bridge, how do the shared companion suites work, and who chooses a roommate?
  • At Seabrook, what level of memory care support goes with each studio rate?
  • If a resident turns down a visit, how do you let the family know?

Who Pays the Monthly Rate in a South Carolina Memory Care Unit

In Murrells Inlet, SC, families can pay a memory care rate from income, savings or the sale of a home. Long-term care insurance helps when the policy covers it. South Carolina Medicaid's Community Choices waiver won't pay rent and meals in a CRCF, and that includes its memory care unit. It pays for help at home instead, like adult day health care and respite.

When nursing home care is needed. If your family member's needs grow past what a CRCF may handle, South Carolina Medicaid can pay for a licensed and certified nursing home. Your family member must need that level of care and meet its financial rules. In 2026, the income limit for long-term care is $2,982 a month for one person.

For a resident of an enrolled community, Optional State Supplementation (OSS) pays the community a monthly amount. Income is one of its rules. VA Aid and Attendance, added to a VA pension, is for a veteran who needs another person's help with daily activities like bathing, feeding and dressing. PACE isn't offered in Georgetown or Horry County. For the full OSS, VA and Medicaid rules, see assisted living in Murrells Inlet, SC.

Caregiver Groups in Murrells Inlet, SC, and South Carolina Dementia Help

  • Two groups meet in Murrells Inlet, SC. The Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments (WRCOG) is the region's Area Agency on Aging. Its Family Caregiver Program lists caregiver support groups around the Grand Strand, and two of them meet in town. The Alzheimer's Association South Carolina Chapter posts more meetings and a monthly program calendar.
  • Respite and supplies. Through the same program, WRCOG offers respite to unpaid caregivers of someone with Alzheimer's or another dementia. It also serves caregivers of someone 60 or older who is homebound or needs daily help. It can help pay for supplies, too, like incontinence products and nutritional supplements.
  • A dementia care specialist. The South Carolina Department on Aging's Dementia Care Specialist Program covers each of its 10 regions and offers one-on-one help for families. Its dementia education programs are free and open to everyone.
  • State caregiver support and lessons online. The South Carolina Department on Aging runs a Family Caregiver Support Program. It's open to adult family members and other unpaid caregivers of someone of any age with Alzheimer's or a related dementia. Trualta, a website with caregiver lessons and support, is free to South Carolina family caregivers.

Frequently Asked Questions

In Murrells Inlet, SC, memory care is priced by apartment. Magnolia Bridge at Murrells Inlet lists memory care studios from $6,700 a month and suites from $6,950. At Seabrook at Murrells Inlet, a 378-square-foot studio starts at $4,200 as assisted living and $6,600 as memory care, and the rate also turns on the level of support.

A South Carolina memory care unit can't keep a resident who needs nursing home care or a licensed nurse's continuous daily attention. In Murrells Inlet, SC, posted starting rates at Magnolia Bridge and Seabrook run from $6,600 to $6,950 a month, and care needs can raise them. CareScout's 2025 medians for the Myrtle Beach area were $8,897 for a shared nursing home room and $9,885 for a private one.

Families in Murrells Inlet, SC, pay from income, savings, a home sale or long-term care insurance. South Carolina Medicaid's Community Choices waiver doesn't pay rent and meals in a CRCF or its memory care unit. South Carolina's OSS can pay a monthly amount for a resident with little income at an enrolled community. Medicare doesn't pay for the daily care in memory care.

The administrator must phone local law enforcement and the resident's responsible party right away. That's South Carolina's rule whenever a resident with memory loss leaves the grounds without telling staff, for any amount of time. It applies at Magnolia Bridge at Murrells Inlet and Seabrook at Murrells Inlet, since both are licensed CRCFs.

Yes. WRCOG lists two caregiver support groups that meet in Murrells Inlet, SC, and others in Myrtle Beach, SC, Little River, SC, and Georgetown, SC. They're part of its Family Caregiver Program, which also offers respite for families caring for someone with dementia. The Alzheimer's Association South Carolina Chapter posts more support group meetings.

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Checked Oct. 20, 2026.

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