South Carolina Business Review

Aging in place

By Mike Switzer

Published December 14, 2022 at 5:30 AM EST

As our population continues to age, a popular scenario has started to emerge, and it does not involve nursing homes. More and more of our elderly are deciding that they want to age in place. That is - at home. Joining us today to tell us more about this trend is Dina Mewett, executive director of BeWell@Home in Mt. Pleasant, SC.

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Mike Switzer

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.

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