Senior care pricing is harder to pin down than it should be. CareScout publishes state medians but no Triangle-specific figures, memory care is not surveyed at all, and North Carolina splits Medicaid long-term-care supports across CAP/DA and State/County Special Assistance -- two differently-structured programs most families have never heard of. Each guide below takes one piece of that and says what is actually known.
North Carolina's 2025 CareScout median is roughly $6,496/month for assisted living and roughly $9,733/month for a semi-private nursing home room, statewide. No Triangle-specific median is published by any primary source, and no median exists for memory care anywhere.
Cost and payment guides
What Senior Care Costs
North Carolina's published state median costs for assisted living, nursing homes and in-home care, plus the caveat that no memory care median exists anywhere.
Read →How Families Pay for Senior Care
Private pay, North Carolina's CAP/DA Medicaid waiver, State/County Special Assistance, VA Aid and Attendance, and long-term care insurance.
Read →Medicaid Waivers and Assisted Living
North Carolina has no Medicaid waiver dedicated to assisted living. CAP/DA pays for in-home services only, and room and board in an adult care home is instead covered through State/County Special Assistance.
Read →VA Aid and Attendance, 2026
Current maximum annual pension rates, the net worth limit, and why care costs can make a veteran eligible despite moderate income.
Read →What Medicare Does and Does Not Pay For
Medicare covers short skilled nursing stays, home health and hospice. It does not pay for assisted living or custodial care, in any state.
Read →What Memory Care Costs
There is no published median for memory care in any state. Here is what that means and how to get real numbers.
Read →What In-Home Care Costs
North Carolina's median non-medical home care runs roughly $5,720/month for a 44-hour week, and the point where assisted living becomes cheaper.
Read →What Happens When the Money Runs Out
Spend-down, Medicaid waiver transitions, and why you should ask a community about this before you move in.
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