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Memory Care in North Carolina

North Carolina has 274 licensed memory care communities listed on ElderCareCosts across 776 cities. The median estimated cost statewide is $8,120/mo. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

274 licensed memory care communities listed.

Cost of memory care in North Carolina

Median monthly price, North Carolina

$8,120/mo

Modeled range $7,795 – $8,445 how this range is derived

● North Carolina $8,120 ○ National median $7,788

Modeled from assisted living · 2025

Modeled memory-care ranges for North Carolina and a multi-state national aggregate. Method: local assisted-living estimate plus a documented 20–30% premium band (not a Genworth memory-care survey median).

Memory Care cost comparison (2025)
Memory CareNorth CarolinaNational
25th percentile$7,795/mo$6,861/mo
Median$8,120/mo$7,788/mo
75th percentile$8,445/mo$8,854/mo

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Source: Modeled from assisted living · 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Methodology
Why is this number different on other websites? Many directories quote a community's "starting at" rent, before care fees. This figure is the state survey median. It is an estimate to plan against, not a quote; ask each provider for its own number in writing. Our methodology →

Ways families typically pay

  • Private pay (savings, income, home equity)
  • Long-term care insurance
  • VA Aid & Attendance for eligible veterans and surviving spouses
  • Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) waivers, where eligible. Rules vary by state

Medicare generally does not cover long-term custodial care. State-specific Medicaid waiver guides are coming soon.

North Carolina licensing & regulation

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services — DHSR Adult Care Licensure Section licenses and inspects assisted living communities, including communities that offer memory care, in North Carolina. Before you sign anything, look up the community's license status and past complaints on the state's own site, not a marketing page.

Home care agencies are licensed separately by DHSR (hclist.xlsx), and CCRCs are licensed by the NC Department of Insurance, not DHSR.

Source: State licensing agency.GOV

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 memory care providers each county holds.

Memory Care by county in North Carolina

Memory Care providers in North Carolina

Sample of licensed memory care communities listed for North Carolina. City pages show fuller local inventories.

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Frequently asked questions

How many memory care communities are listed in North Carolina?

We currently list 274 licensed memory care communities across North Carolina.

Which cities in North Carolina have memory care listings?

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

Past 60 days in North Carolina: 274 added · 537 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, memory care in North Carolina costs $8,120/month (median).

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). Memory Care in North Carolina. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/memory-care/north-carolina/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Memory Care in North Carolina." ElderCareCosts. Last modified August 10, 2026. Accessed September 17, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/memory-care/north-carolina/.

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