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A James Island retirement community that has carried CARF International's independent Continuing Care Retirement Community accreditation continuously since 2002.
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CARF-accredited Continuing Care Retirement Community, continuously accredited since 2002
Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community
Bishop Gadsden, on James Island, holds CARF International's Continuing Care Retirement Community accreditation under CARF's Aging Services program, with a current Five-Year Accreditation — CARF's highest accreditation term — and continuous accreditation dating to 2002. The designation certifies the community's combined independent-living, assisted-living, and skilled-nursing model against an independent nonprofit accreditor's standards, a credential most senior communities don't hold.
Source: CARF International