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Assisted Living in Garner

Compare licensed assisted living in Garner and the surrounding Wake County area. Free guidance, no obligation.

3 verified in Garner
Wake County
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There are 3 verified assisted living options listed in Garner. North Carolina's Division of Health Service Regulation licenses and inspects this care type as an adult care home.

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Assisted living is for someone who is largely independent but needs a reliable hand with the everyday things — bathing, dressing, medications, meals, getting to appointments. North Carolina licenses these communities as adult care homes under Chapter 131D, one license type statewide, with no acuity tiering.

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We list 3 verified assisted living options in Garner.

What to watch for with assisted living in Garner

  • Ask which services are included in the base rate versus billed as a separate care level.

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Verified assisted living in Garner

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
Cadence Garner by CogirAssisted Living200 Minglewood Drive
Garner, OH 27529		Wake
Foundation Senior LivingAssisted Living1437 Aversboro Road
Garner, OH 27529		Wake
Avendelle at GarnerAssisted Living181 Kaspurr Drive
Garner, OH 27520		Wake

Assisted Living elsewhere in the region

Families in Garner sometimes place a parent one city over, especially when a specific care level is needed.

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
Sunrise of RaleighAssisted Living4801 Edwards Mill Road
Raleigh, OH 27612		Wake
Sunrise at North HillsAssisted Living615 Spring Forest Road
Raleigh, OH 27609		Wake
Spring Arbor of RaleighAssisted Living1810 New Hope Rd
Raleigh, OH 27610		Wake
SpringmoorIndependent Living1500 Sawmill Road
Raleigh, OH 27615		Wake
The Cardinal at North HillsIndependent Living4030 Cardinal at North Hills Street
Raleigh, OH 27609		Wake
Magnolia GlenIndependent Living5301 Creedmoor Road
Raleigh, OH 27612		Wake

The Garner market specifically

A working-class Raleigh suburb along US-70/I-40 with more affordable senior housing options and proximity to WakeMed's main Raleigh campus for hospital-level care.

Garner's senior housing stock runs more affordable than North Raleigh or Cary, and residents often weigh a slightly longer drive to WakeMed's main Raleigh campus against lower monthly costs.

What the contract does that the tour does not

The residency agreement decides what happens when things change: how care levels are reassessed and repriced, how much notice is required on either side, what the deposit covers and whether it is refundable.

Ask for a blank copy to take home before you are asked to sign anything.

You can check any facility's record free. NC DHSR's Regulated Facilities search shows license status; its ACLS tool shows inspection history and penalties. Read the full explanation →

Questions families ask

How do I check if an assisted living community in Cary is actually licensed?

Use the NC Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Health Service Regulation (DHSR) Regulated Facilities search at info.ncdhhs.gov/dhsr/facilities/search.asp, which lets you search by county (Wake) or facility name and confirms the current license status, address, and bed capacity for any licensed adult care home. Every community operating as assisted living in Cary must be licensed under N.C.G.S. Chapter 131D and 10A NCAC 13F, regardless of how it markets itself.

Does North Carolina license assisted living facilities as Type A, B, or C like some other states?

No. North Carolina uses a single licensure category called 'adult care home' under N.C.G.S. Chapter 131D and 10A NCAC 13F, adopted by the N.C. Medical Care Commission, rather than an acuity-tiered Type A/B/C system some other states use. A facility can add a Special Care Unit designation to that same license for memory care, but this is not a separate license class.

What's the difference between a 'family care home' and a regular adult care home in Durham?

A family care home is licensed to serve 2 to 6 unrelated residents in a residential-style setting, while a larger adult care home (7 or more beds) operates under the same statute and rules but with a different fee and penalty schedule based on bed count. Both are licensed by DHSR's Adult Care Licensure Section under the identical Chapter 131D / 10A NCAC 13F framework — a family care home is a subset of the adult care home category, not a separate license type.

What has to be disclosed if a memory care unit in Wake Forest calls itself a 'Special Care Unit'?

Under G.S. 131D-8 and 10A NCAC 13F .1300 (the Special Care Unit rules), a facility operating a dementia/Alzheimer's unit must file a disclosure statement with DHSR describing the unit's philosophy of care, staffing and training specific to dementia care, physical environment, admission and discharge criteria, and programming — this disclosure must also be made available to prospective residents and families. The required content and format are published on DHSR's Special Care Unit disclosure page (ncdhhs.gov, ACLS).

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