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Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) in North Carolina

North Carolina has 50 licensed CCRCs listed on ElderCareCosts across 776 cities. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

50 licensed CCRCs listed.

How CCRC contracts work in North Carolina

Continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs, also called life-plan communities) sell a contract, not a simple monthly rent. We do not publish a local median for North Carolina: there is no free, complete state price table we can cite. Use the structure below before you sign.

Contract types (Type A / B / C)

  • Type A (life care): higher entry fee; monthly fee stays relatively stable as care needs rise. Extensive prepaid healthcare risk pooling.
  • Type B (modified): mid-range entry fee; some care days or discounted higher levels included, then higher rates apply.
  • Type C (fee-for-service): lower entry fee; you pay market rates when you move to assisted living or nursing care.

What families typically pay (national, cited ranges)

National consumer guidance commonly places entry fees from about $100,000 to $1,000,000+ (studio through large unit, refundable vs non-refundable) and monthly fees often in the $2,000–$5,000+ range before higher-acuity care. Figures vary widely by campus and contract. See AARP CCRC overview. These are national ranges, not a North Carolina median.

12 questions before you sign

  1. What contract type is this (A, B, or C), in plain language?
  2. What exactly does the entry fee buy, and what does it not cover?
  3. Is any of the entry fee refundable, on what schedule, and to whom?
  4. How do monthly fees change when care needs increase?
  5. What is the historical annual monthly-fee increase (last 5–10 years)?
  6. What health conditions can force a move or contract termination?
  7. Who decides the level-of-care move: the community, a doctor, or you?
  8. What happens if the community's finances weaken?
  9. Can you review audited financials and occupancy trends?
  10. Is the community registered with the state CCRC / insurance regulator?
  11. What is excluded (memory care, private duty, medications, second person)?
  12. Have an elder-law attorney review the contract before deposit?

North Carolina licensing & regulation

State-by-state licensing agency details and how to check a facility's complaint history for North Carolina are coming soon.

Medicaid & local resources in North Carolina

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

North Carolina Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in North Carolina resolve concerns about care and rights.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.

Cities in North Carolina

Showing the 500 largest of 776 tracked cities.

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Counties in North Carolina

County pages carry the local Area Agency on Aging, the state Medicaid waiver contacts and, for nursing homes, what federal inspectors recorded. Ordered by how many continuing care retirement communities (ccrc) providers each county holds.

Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) by county in North Carolina

Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) providers in North Carolina

Sample of licensed CCRCs listed for North Carolina. City pages show fuller local inventories.

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Frequently asked questions

How many CCRCs are listed in North Carolina?

We currently list 50 licensed CCRCs across North Carolina.

Which cities in North Carolina have CCRCs listings?

We track 776 North Carolina cities for CCRCs. See the city list on this page for options near you.

Past 60 days in North Carolina: 50 added · 15 updated. Most recent change Sep 2. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed CCRCs in North Carolina are listed with government-sourced data. State median cost not yet published.

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) in North Carolina. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/ccrc/north-carolina/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) in North Carolina." ElderCareCosts. Accessed September 17, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/ccrc/north-carolina/.

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