Greenville Senior AdvisorGardens at Eastside is a 83-bed community residential care facility (South Carolina's license for assisted living) at 275 Commonwealth Dr in Greenville, Greenville County, holding DPH license CRC-1222, licensed through August 31, 2027; DPH's roster flags an Alzheimer's special care unit.
Is Gardens at Eastside in Greenville licensed by South Carolina?
Gardens at Eastside is on the state's active roster as license CRC-1222 with 83 licensed beds, which makes it larger than the 64-bed middle of the Upstate CRCF roster we cover.
| Record | Value |
|---|---|
| License | CRC-1222 (S.C. Department of Public Health) |
| Current license year | September 1, 2026 to August 31, 2027 |
| Licensed beds | 83 |
| Alzheimer's special care unit (DPH flag) | Yes |
| Alzheimer's care offered (DPH flag) | Yes |
| Licensee (legal operator) | Eastside Assisted Living LLC, based in VA |
| Ownership form (DPH) | Ltd. Liability |
| Administrator on the license | Amy Howard |
| DPH enforcement orders, January 2025 to September 2026 | 0 |
| Facility phone (DPH) | (864) 329-1200 |
DPH issues CRCF licenses for one-year terms; the present term began September 1, 2026. A facility may not house more residents than its licensed beds, and the license names one licensee at one address, so a sale or move means a new license.
DPH assigns license numbers in sequence. CRC-1222 is number 15 of 61 when the four-county senior CRCF roster is sorted from the lowest number to the highest, a rough guide to how long this license line has existed rather than the age of the building.
Can Gardens at Eastside care for someone with dementia who wanders?
DPH's licensing data flags an Alzheimer's special care unit or program at Gardens at Eastside, which South Carolina defines as a secure, special unit or program for residents with probable Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia that limits residents' access outside the designated area (Regulation 60-84, Section 101.F).
South Carolina does not set a separate staffing ratio for dementia units; the general CRCF minimum of one staff member per eight residents at peak hours and one per 30 at night applies to the building. Ask how many staff are physically on the secured unit at 2 a.m.
Are there any DPH enforcement orders on file for Gardens at Eastside?
None that we found: Gardens at Eastside does not appear in DPH's monthly Healthcare Quality enforcement reports from January 2025 to September 2026.
Absence from the enforcement list says the facility has not recently been fined or sanctioned; it says nothing about routine citations, which you can only see by requesting the inspection report.
Where are the state inspection results for Gardens at Eastside?
Request them from DPH. The state publishes no bulk CRCF inspection data, but inspection and investigation reports for Gardens at Eastside, along with its plan of correction, are public on written request under Section 202.E of Regulation 60-84.
Because inspections happen “as deemed appropriate” rather than on a fixed cycle, ask the facility the date of its most recent DPH visit, which deficiencies were cited, and to see the signed plan of correction.
What are the alternatives to Gardens at Eastside nearby?
The closest other senior-serving CRCF is Gables on Pelham Assisted Living and Memory Care in Greenville, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line, with 119 licensed beds and an Alzheimer's special care unit flag on DPH's roster.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | Alzheimer's unit / care (DPH) | DPH orders since Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gables on Pelham Assisted Living and Memory Care 1306 Pelham Rd, 29615 | 0.7 | 119 | Unit | 0 |
| Pines at Greenville 20 Hawthorne Park Ct, 29615 | 1.0 | 68 | No | 0 |
| Hilltop of Greenville Memory Care 352 Pelham Rd, 29615 | 1.3 | 54 | Care only | 0 |
| Blake at Hollingsworth Park 360 Woodruff Rd, 29607 | 1.7 | 114 | Unit + care | 0 |
| Cascades Verdae Assisted Living 30 Springcrest Ct, 29607 | 1.9 | 92 | Unit + care | 0 |
Where is Gardens at Eastside and what is nearby?
Gardens at Eastside is in the Eastside, Pelham Road & Haywood part of Greenville; the nearest general acute-care hospital on DPH's roster is St. Francis-Eastside, about 0.2 miles away by straight line.
Next is Prisma Health Patewood Hospital at about 0.4 miles. Distances are straight lines between DPH's mapped points, not drive times.
If nursing care is needed later, the nearest CMS-certified nursing homes are Gables on Pelham Skilled Nursing and Rehab (0.7 mi, CMS 2 of 5) and Patewood Post Acute (0.8 mi, CMS 4 of 5).
What should families ask Gardens at Eastside before moving in?
Let the state record set the agenda: request the latest DPH inspection or complaint-investigation report and the plan of correction that answered it.
- Ask how many staff are awake overnight and when peak staffing ends; a full 83-bed building needs at least 11 on duty at peak times.
- Ask for the written Alzheimer's special care disclosure and how many beds are inside the secured area.
- Ask whether Medicaid-funded help is accepted here, through OSS or Residential Personal Care, before assuming it is.
- Ask which fees rise as care needs grow, and confirm the agreement gives the 30 days' notice of fee changes the regulation requires.
- The licensee is based in VA; ask who manages the building day to day and who to call above the administrator.
