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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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[name removed] was kind, courteous, and extremely helpful in solving my problem with signing in to visit my mother. I was very unsure of how to do it and he straightened it out in seconds, I so appreciate...
Provides: Independent Living, Senior Apartments
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Designed to meet the needs of residents 55 years of age and older under a rental plan that affords a unique 'freedom and choice' approach for your service package. The Dorchester offers you the opportunity to design your own residency plan. Along with our basic rental, residents can supplement...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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My loved one was only in this community for a short period of time and things could have went better but its no fault of the staff. The staff did the best they could to accommodate his needs and make sure he...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Florence Presbyterian Community is a caring assisted living community located in gorgeous Florence, South Carolina in Florence County. This city offers almost 600 acres of park land for climbing, walking or playing. In downtown Florence one will find the Art Trail Gallery, the Downtown Farmer's...
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Carriage House Senior Living The Carriage House Senior Living Center in Florence, South Carolina is an assisted living community conveniently situated in a metropolitan setting near shops, bus lines, restaurants, and theaters. Our residents enjoy temperate weather autumn through spring, and...
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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We love Pebble Creek. Residents are very nice. Its pretty clean. Public restrooms at entrance could use a little polishing up. What surprised me the most is that the new manager who took over several weeks...
Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.

Cost of independent living in Gaston Mill, SC

The average cost of senior living in Gaston Mill is $3,809 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Chesterfield, SC with an average of $2,761 per month.

Independent living costs in Gaston Mill, SC, vs. nearby cities

Gaston Mill, SC
$3,809/mo
$4,210/mo

Independent living costs in Gaston Mill, SC, vs. state and national averages

Gaston Mill, SC
$3,809/mo
U.S. national average
$4,016/mo

Independent living costs in Gaston Mill, SC, vs. other senior living options

$4,343/mo
Independent Living
$3,809/mo

Independent living costs in Gaston Mill, SC, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$4,392/mo
Studio
$4,844/mo
1 Bedroom
$4,749/mo
2 Bedroom
$5,291/mo
Detached Cottage/Bungalow
$3,390/mo

Senior living costs in Gaston Mill vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: Gaston Mill, SC
Column state: South Carolina
Column national: U.S.
Community typeGaston Mill, SCSouth CarolinaU.S.
Independent Living$3,809/mo$3,911/mo$4,016/mo
Assisted Living$4,340/mo$4,129/mo$4,558/mo
Memory Care$4,343/mo$4,162/mo$4,794/mo
Independent Living
Gaston Mill, SC:$3,809/mo
South Carolina:$3,911/mo
U.S.:$4,016/mo
Assisted Living
Gaston Mill, SC:$4,340/mo
South Carolina:$4,129/mo
U.S.:$4,558/mo
Memory Care
Gaston Mill, SC:$4,343/mo
South Carolina:$4,162/mo
U.S.:$4,794/mo
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Independent living costs in Gaston Mill, SC, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly independent living costs have shifted over the past five years in Gaston Mill and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

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Independent living cost trends in Gaston Mill, SC

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Gaston Mill have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 median costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
Gaston Mill, SC$2,761/mo$2,812/mo-1.8%
South Carolina$3,123/mo$3,116/mo+0.2%
National$3,261/mo$3,166/mo+3.0%
Gaston Mill, SC
2024 average cost:$2,761/mo
2023 average cost:$2,812/mo
Percent change:-1.8%
South Carolina
2024 average cost:$3,123/mo
2023 average cost:$3,116/mo
Percent change:+0.2%
National
2024 average cost:$3,261/mo
2023 average cost:$3,166/mo
Percent change:+3.0%
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Discover the many ways to pay for senior living

Planning ahead can better position you to make good choices for your loved one’s care in the future. But if your aging family member needs care now, there are ways to finance the cost of long-term care through a combination of approaches.

What families are saying about independent living in Gaston Mill

Recent reviews for independent living in Gaston Mill

Brookdale Harbison in Columbia, SC

4.0
My experience with Brookdale is positive. It is much more important than I initially realized to carefully match the capabilities of the prospective resident to the level of care the facility offers.

The Dorchester South in Pineville, NC

4.5
The food options, the activities and the safety the community provides is something we likes most about The Dorchester South community. For activities they have different outings every week as well as party and get togethers. Based on our experience so far, we would recommend the community to ...
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Pines Columbia in West Columbia, SC

4.5
The staff team at Pines Columbia is friendly and usually available when you need them. Communication of events at facility have improved so that family has an opportunity to schedule and be present.

Gaston Mill independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Gaston Mill independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Gaston Mill, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select dietary accommodations in Gaston Mill independent living

Independent living communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Gaston Mill partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
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Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
18.2%
20.5%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
32.5%
34.1%
No sugar
No sugar
29.9%
31.5%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
23.4%
33.6%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
10.4%
8.1%
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Availability of select dining options in Gaston Mill independent living

Our independent living communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Gaston Mill communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
26%
36.5%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
38.3%
43.5%
Room service
Room service
31.2%
36.9%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
11%
17.4%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Gaston Mill independent living

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered independent living communities in Gaston Mill offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
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Activity director
Activity director
41.6%
45.3%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
26.6%
28.4%
Community service programs
Community service programs
27.3%
32.8%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
43.5%
49.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
40.3%
49.8%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
48.7%
54.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
32.5%
43.1%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
31.8%
37.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
33.8%
41.7%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
37.7%
47.5%
Live performances
Live performances
39%
47.3%
Dances
Dances
28.6%
32.6%
Fitness center
Fitness center
19.5%
39.8%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
36.4%
47%
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