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Assisted Living in Hillsborough

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

1 verified in Hillsborough
Orange County
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There is 1 verified assisted living option listed in Hillsborough. 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 1 verified assisted living option in Hillsborough.

What to watch for with assisted living in Hillsborough

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

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Verified assisted living in Hillsborough

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
TerraBella HillsboroughAssisted Living1911 Orange Grove Road
Hillsborough, OH 27278		Orange

Assisted Living elsewhere in the region

Families in Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough market specifically

Orange County's historic seat along I-40/I-85, offering a slower-paced, walkable downtown for aging residents with UNC Health Hillsborough Campus providing local emergency and outpatient care.

Hillsborough's senior population has access to UNC Health's Hillsborough Campus locally, but families needing assisted living or memory care most often end up touring in Durham or Chapel Hill.

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Questions families ask

What exactly does the CAP/DA Medicaid waiver cover for a parent aging in place in Apex?

The Community Alternatives Program for Disabled Adults (CAP/DA) is North Carolina's Medicaid 1915(c) home- and community-based services waiver for adults 18+ who need a nursing-facility level of care but want to remain at home. It covers up to 18 in-home and community-based services, including adult day health, in-home aide services, home modifications and equipment, meal preparation, respite care, personal emergency response systems, and consumer-directed care that lets the beneficiary hire and supervise their own caregiver.

How do I actually apply for CAP/DA if my mother lives in Raleigh?

Apply for long-term-care Medicaid generally through Wake County's Department of Social Services, and apply for CAP/DA specifically by contacting a local CAP/DA case management entity serving Wake County; the CAP/DA program is administered overall by the NC Division of Health Benefits/NC Medicaid within NCDHHS. The NC Medicaid Contact Center (888-245-0179) can help direct families to the correct local starting point.

Is CAP/DA the same thing as Medicaid paying for assisted living in Wake County?

No. CAP/DA is a home- and community-based waiver that serves people living in their own home, not in a licensed adult care home or assisted living facility, so it does not pay for assisted living room and board or services. North Carolina has no Medicaid waiver dedicated to assisted living; room and board there is instead covered through the non-Medicaid State/County Special Assistance program.

What is State/County Special Assistance, and is it a Medicaid waiver?

State/County Special Assistance (SA) is a state- and county-funded cash supplement that helps pay the room-and-board cost for eligible low-income residents of licensed adult care homes and family care homes — it is explicitly not a Medicaid waiver or Medicaid program itself. SA recipients do become automatically eligible for Medicaid, which then covers separate medical and personal-care costs, but the SA cash payment for room and board comes from state and county funds, not the Medicaid program.

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