Stroke Recovery Support at Home in Mount Pleasant, SC

Hospitals with an emergency department near Mount Pleasant: Novant Health East Cooper Medical Center in Mount Pleasant (3.7 mi); Roper Hospital in Charleston (4.6 mi); Charleston Va Medical Center in Charleston (4.6 mi). With stroke signs, call 911 rather than driving.

609 Mount Pleasant residents 65 or older have difficulty dressing or bathing (3.6%; 4.7% in Charleston County), and 2,304 have serious difficulty walking: the two kinds of help most often needed in the weeks after a stroke.

At the South Carolina median aide wage of $14.48 an hour, 20 hours of help a week comes to about $1,255 a month in wages, which is 18% of the $7,041 monthly median income of Mount Pleasant households headed by someone 65 or older. Private rates are agreed directly with the caregiver, so yours may be higher or lower. South Carolina has no state minimum wage law, so the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour applies to employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (U.S. Department of Labor).

Hiring directly, you agree the rate with the caregiver and usually become the household employer (U.S. Department of Labor rules). Some families qualify for programs that pay for care at home; see Medicaid programs for family caregivers: who can be paid, and the rules in 12 states.