Evacuees from Senior living facilities on the Carolina coast sought shelter in Lexington County last week.

Jennifer Parker, Director of Public Relations for Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Home, told the Chronicle they received residents from Bishop Gadsden Retirement Community in Charleston.

Bishop Gadsden, like Still Hopes, is a ministry of the Episcopal Church. It is located on James Island.

Their administrators decided to evacuate their skilled-nursing residents to Still Hopes in West Columbia prior to Hurricane Dorian hitting the SC coast.

Still Hopes quickly prepared to receive the residents and house them in their own skilled-nursing and rehab neighborhoods.

Parker said they were honored to be a safe haven during the storm.

There were 21 evacuated patients, accompanied by 24 Bishop Gadsden staff.

Deepwood Estates in Lexington housed 46 people from Charleston.

Kathy Ballas, Interim manager at Deepwood said it is customary with their parent company, Holiday Retirement, to provide safe housing from any facility facing a potential disaster.

Ashley Park in Charleston sent 40 residents, 4 staff members and 2 caregivers on chartered buses to Deepwood.

Some went to Forest Pines, another Holiday property in Forest Acres. They arrived Monday and left Saturday.

Several other facilities hosted residents of facilities located on the coast. NHC Rehabilitation Center in West Columbia had 80 from Charleston.

Jenni-Lynn Assisted Living in West Columbia had folks from Mt. Pleasant.

Thanks to a massive restoration effort in SC, NC and Virginia, power has been restored to 35,700 coastal residents and most evacuees have returned home.