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The third most populated state in the Southeast has the second most nursing homes and assisted living communities in the region. Yet North Carolina’s biggest city, Charlotte, has only one nursing home that Medicare rates five stars overall, as of this writing. Statewide, 17 percent of North Carolina’s nursing homes boast that rating. The national average is 18 percent.
Approximate number of facilities:
- Nursing homes: 422
- Assisted living residences: 1,307*
Types of care available:
- Adult day care
- Home care
- Home health-care
- Continuing-care retirement communities
- Assisted living residences (including adult care homes and multi-unit assisted housing with services)
- Residential care homes (family care homes)
- Nursing homes
Estimated average prices:**
- Adult day care: $50 per day
- Home care: $17 per hour
- Home health-care: $19 per hour
- Assisted living: $ 3,203 per month
- Nursing home, semi-private room: $189 per day
- Nursing home, private room: $209 per day
State websites for seniors:
Where to report elder abuse:
- In domestic/community care: 1-800-662-7030
- In nursing homes: 1-800-662-7030
Financial assistance (partial list):
Top-10 largest cities:
- Charlotte
- Raleigh
- Greensboro
- Durham
- Winston-Salem
- Fayetteville
- Cary
- High Point
- Wilmington
- Asheville
Top nursing homes, based on Medicare ratings:***
Albemarle
Stanly Manor
Asheboro
Clapps Convalescent Nursing Home
Asheville
Aston Park Health Care Center
Black Mountain
Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Treatment Center
Mountain Ridge Wellness Center
Brevard
Transylvania Regional Hospital
Burgaw
Huntington Health Care
Burlington
Twin Lakes Community
Twin Lakes Community Memory Care
Cary
Glenaire
Chapel Hill
Carol Woods
The Cedars of Chapel Hill
Charlotte
The Stewart Health Center
Colfax
River Landing at Sandy Ridge
Columbus
Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Tryon Estates
Concord
The Gardens of Taylor Glen Retirement Community
Connelly Springs
Carolina Rehab Center of Burke
Drexel
Autumn Care of Drexel
Durham
Grace Healthcare of Durham
Hillcrest Convalescent Center
Pettigrew Rehabilitation and Healthcare
The Forest at Duke
Edenton
Chowan Hospital – Skilled Nursing Facility
Elkin
Heritage Healthcare of Elkin
Hugh Chatham Memorial Nursing
Goldsboro
O'berry Neuro-Medical Treatment Center
Grantsboro
Grantsbrook Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Greensboro
Friends Homes at Guilford
Friends Homes West
Heartland Living & Rehab at The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
Whitestone A. Masonic and Eastern Star Community
Greenville
Cypress Glen Retirement Community
Hampstead
Woodbury Wellness Center
Harrisburg
The Oaks at Town Center
Hendersonville
Brian Center Health & Rehab – Hendersonville
Carolina Village
Hickory
Lutheran Home – Hickory
High Point
Maryfield Nursing Home
Westchester Manor at Providence Place
Hillsborough
Brookshire Nursing Center
Kannapolis
Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis
King
Village Care of King
Lexington
Abbotts Creek Care and Rehabilitation Center
Alston Brook
Lincolnton
Brian Center Health & Retirement – Lincolnton
Lumberton
Golden LivingCenter – Lumberton
WoodHaven Nursing & Alzheimer's Care
Matthews
Carrington Place
Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Plantation Estates
Monroe
Brian Center Health & Retirement – Monroe
Mount Airy
Central Continuing Care
Nashville
Autumn Care of Nash
Newton
Abernethy Laurels
Raleigh
The Oaks at Mayview
The Rosewood Health Center
Ramseur
Universal Health Care – Ramseur
Salisbury
Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks
North Carolina State Veterans Nursing Home Salisbury
Sealevel
Snug Harbor on Nelson Bay
Shelby
Cleveland Pines Nursing Center
Southport
J. Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital
Statesville
Autumn Care of Statesville
Iredell Memorial Hospital
Tarboro
Golden LivingCenter – Tarboro
Wadesboro
Ambassador Health & Rehab of Wadesboro
Wilmington
Davis Health Care Center
Wilson
Longleaf Neuro-Medical Treatment Center
Winston-Salem
Brian Center Health & Retirement
Yadkinville
Yadkin Nursing Care Center
Zebulon
Wakemed Zebulon/Wendell Outpatient & Skilled Nursing Facility
*Assisted-living residence numbers are from the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2007 Residential Care and Assisted Living Compendium. According to the National Center for Assisted Living, this is the industry’s only resource for such data. Depending on the state, the number may or may not include small residential-care homes, such as adult foster care.
**Senior-care price estimates are based on the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, which reports average rates,and the Genworth 2011 Cost of Care Survey, which reports median rates.
***Medicare rates nursing homes in four categories using a five-star system. These are the nursing homes with five stars in the “Overall” category. The ratings were accessed on Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare site in November or December 2011 and are subject to change. The Medicare ratings system isn’t perfect, so use additional criteria to evaluate nursing homes as well.
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