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Memory Care Center Launched in LowCountry

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According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an adult is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in the United States every minute.  In addition, they also say that by 2025, the number of people with Alzheimer’s is expected to grow in every state by at least 13 percent and in South Carolina, by 35 percent.  Our next guest’s mother became one of these statistics which motivated him to found a  “first-of-its-kind” memory care day center in the Lowcountry.

Mike Switzer interviews David AvRutick, founder of Alice’s Clubhouse in Mt. Pleasant, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.