No. There is no published statewide or Raleigh-metro memory care cost median from CareScout or any other primary source -- CareScout's Cost of Care Survey covers assisted living, nursing home (semi-private and private), and home care, but does not break out a separate memory care figure. Families should not rely on any specific memory care dollar figure found online without verifying its source, and should instead request current, written memory-care rate quotes directly from individual communities.
The detail behind the number
Memory care pricing is typically presented by individual assisted living communities as a premium added on top of their base assisted living rate, often ranging widely depending on the level of secured-unit staffing, programming, and square footage -- but because no state or national survey publishes a standardized memory care median for North Carolina, any number quoted as 'the average cost of memory care in Raleigh' should be treated skeptically unless it cites a specific, checkable source. In North Carolina, memory care is typically delivered through a Special Care Unit (SCU) designation added onto a community's existing adult care home license under 10A NCAC 13F .1300 and G.S. 131D-8, rather than through a separate license category -- so pricing structures and required disclosures vary by community. Families evaluating memory care in the Triangle should ask each community for its current SCU disclosure statement alongside its rate sheet, since cost and required documentation are handled together under state rule.
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