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Memory Care in Garner

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

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Wake County
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There is 1 verified memory care option 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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Memory care is secured, dementia-specific assisted living. North Carolina requires a Special Care Unit disclosure statement under G.S. 131D-8 -- not a separate license or certification -- before a community can market a secured memory care unit.

Short answer

We list 1 verified memory care option in Garner.

What to watch for with memory care in Garner

  • Ask to see the community's current Special Care Unit disclosure statement, by name.

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Verified memory care in Garner

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
Cadence Garner by CogirAssisted Living200 Minglewood Drive
Garner, OH 27529		Wake

Memory Care 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
PruittHealth - RaleighNursing Home2420 Lake Wheeler Road
Raleigh, OH 27603		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.

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

My parents live in Louisburg — is the Long-Term Care Ombudsman number the same as in Raleigh?

No. Franklin County (where Louisburg is the county seat) is part of the Raleigh metro area but is covered by a different Ombudsman region — the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments, at (252) 436-2050 or toll-free 1-866-506-6223 — rather than the Central Pines/Triangle J region that covers Wake, Durham, Orange, Chatham, Johnston, Lee, and Moore counties.

Which Ombudsman region covers a facility in Lillington or Dunn (Harnett County)?

Harnett County — including Lillington and Dunn — falls under the Mid-Carolina Council of Governments Ombudsman region, which also covers Cumberland and Sampson counties, rather than the Central Pines/Triangle J region that serves Wake, Durham, Orange, Chatham, Johnston, Lee, and Moore counties.

Is a 'Special Care Unit' designation in a Cary memory care facility the same as a state quality certification?

No — a Special Care Unit designation under G.S. 131D-8 and 10A NCAC 13F .1300 is a disclosure and approval process layered onto a facility's existing adult care home license, requiring the facility to file specific information about its dementia-care program, not a separate quality certification or endorsement of care quality by the state. Families should treat the disclosure statement as required transparency, not a state seal of approval.

How do I confirm the CMS Five-Star rating for a Raleigh-area nursing home before touring it?

Search the facility by name or ZIP code on Medicare's Care Compare tool (medicare.gov/care-compare), which publishes the federal CMS Five-Star Quality Rating combining health inspection results, staffing data, and quality measures into an overall score and three component scores. This rating applies only to Medicare/Medicaid-certified nursing homes (skilled nursing facilities), not to assisted living or adult care homes.

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