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Nursing Homes in Raleigh

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There are 5 verified nursing homes options listed in Raleigh. North Carolina's Division of Health Service Regulation licenses and inspects this care type as an adult care home.

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A skilled nursing facility provides 24-hour licensed nursing, regulated in North Carolina under a separate licensure framework from adult care homes (assisted living), through DHSR's Nursing Home Licensure and Certification Section. Two different populations often live under the same roof: short-term rehab patients and long-term residents.

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We list 5 verified nursing homes options in Raleigh.

What to watch for with nursing homes in Raleigh

  • Medicare may cover a short rehab stay after a qualifying inpatient hospital admission, but it does not pay for long-term custodial nursing care.
  • Nursing facilities are the one senior care category with federal CMS star ratings.
  • Get your state's semi-private and private-room medians from CareScout, and note that semi-private is often Medicaid-weighted and lower than a private-pay quote.

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Verified nursing homes in Raleigh

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
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
Bloomsbury at Hayes Barton PlaceMemory Care2750 Oberlin Road
Raleigh, OH 27608		Wake
Perry Creek Health and Rehabilitation CenterNursing Home5201 Clarks Fork Drive NW
Raleigh, OH 27616		Wake

Nursing Homes elsewhere in the region

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

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
GlenaireIndependent Living4000 Glenaire Circle
Cary, OH 27511		Wake
SearstoneIndependent Living17001 Searstone Drive
Cary, OH 27513		Wake
The Templeton of CaryIndependent Living215 Brightmore Dr
Cary, OH 27518		Wake
Croasdaile VillageIndependent Living2600 Croasdaile Farm Parkway
Durham, OH 27705		Durham
PruittHealth - DurhamNursing Home3100 Erwin Road
Durham, OH 27705		Durham
Carol WoodsIndependent Living750 Weaver Dairy Road
Chapel Hill, OH 27514		Orange

The Raleigh market specifically

State capital and hub of the Triangle, home to WakeMed Raleigh Campus, UNC REX Healthcare, and Duke Raleigh Hospital, with dense senior-services infrastructure and the region's largest network of home-care agencies and assisted living communities.

As the metro's hub, Raleigh has by far the largest concentration of licensed adult care homes, CCRCs, and skilled nursing facilities in the Triangle, so families here usually compare five or more options rather than one or two.

Visit twice, at different hours

A scheduled mid-morning tour and an unannounced 7 p.m. drop-in can look like two different buildings. Evening and overnight are when staffing thins and when families are most often surprised.

Eat a meal there. Talk to a resident's family member in the parking lot rather than one the community introduces you to.

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

What's the difference between short-term rehab after a hospital stay and long-term nursing home care under Medicaid?

Short-term rehab is typically covered by Medicare Part A's skilled nursing facility benefit after a qualifying inpatient hospital stay of at least three consecutive midnights, and it's meant to be time-limited — focused on recovering function, not permanent residence. Long-term nursing home care, once someone can no longer safely return home, is instead paid for either privately or through North Carolina's Medicaid nursing facility program, which has strict financial limits (a $2,000 asset limit and roughly $2,982/month income cap for a single applicant in 2026) and only covers custodial-level care once someone has spent down to those limits or otherwise qualifies. The transition between the two — rehab ending without full recovery — is exactly when families should start a Medicaid application if private funds are limited.

What's the actual difference between hospice and palliative care, and can my father have one without giving up the other?

Palliative care focuses on relieving pain and symptoms and can be provided alongside ongoing curative treatment at any stage of a serious illness, with no requirement around prognosis. Hospice, by contrast, specifically requires a physician's certification that a patient's life expectancy is six months or less if the illness runs its normal course, and it means shifting away from curative treatment toward comfort-focused care — though a patient can revoke hospice at any time and resume other treatment if circumstances change. Your father could receive palliative care now, while still pursuing treatment, and transition to hospice later if and when his medical team determines that curative treatment is no longer appropriate or desired.

At what point does hiring in-home care in the Triangle cost more than just moving to assisted living?

Based on North Carolina's most recent CareScout Cost of Care figures, homemaker/companion in-home services run a median of roughly $5,720 per month, while assisted living runs a median of about $6,496 per month statewide — meaning the crossover point depends heavily on how many hours of in-home care your parent actually needs. A parent needing only a few hours of help daily may still come out ahead with in-home care, but once care needs approach 8-12+ hours a day (or require overnight supervision), the hourly cost of home care commonly exceeds the flat monthly rate of assisted living, which bundles housing, meals, and 'round-the-clock staff availability into one price.

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.

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