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In-Home Care in Smithfield

Compare licensed in-home care in Smithfield and the surrounding Johnston County area. Free guidance, no obligation.

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Quick answer

There are 0 verified in-home care options listed in Smithfield. North Carolina's Division of Health Service Regulation licenses and inspects this care type as an adult care home.

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In-home care covers two different things that families often conflate. Non-medical home care is help with daily activities, companionship and household tasks. Home health is clinical care ordered by a physician and delivered by licensed staff.

Short answer

No verified in-home care provider is currently based in Smithfield. The closest verified options are listed below.

What to watch for with in-home care in Smithfield

  • Non-medical home care is generally private pay. Medicare does not cover it. Get your state's CareScout non-medical caregiver hourly median.

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Verified in-home care in Smithfield

Nothing verified in Smithfield yet. Hospice and home care are delivered wherever the patient lives, so the agency's office address matters far less than its service area. Agencies based in Raleigh routinely cover Smithfield. We only list providers we have confirmed against their own published information, so this list is shorter than the aggregator directories — and more reliable.

Closest verified providers

ProviderBased inAddressCounty
Brookdale North RaleighRaleigh1200 Carlos Drive, 27609Wake
Amedisys Home Health Care - RaleighRaleigh3921 Sunset Ridge Rd, Suite 102, 27607Wake

The Smithfield market specifically

Johnston County's seat and home to UNC Health Johnston's main hospital campus, making it the county's primary hub for senior medical care and skilled nursing facilities.

As the Johnston County seat, Smithfield concentrates the county's skilled nursing capacity, and families elsewhere in Johnston County often travel here for that level of care.

The question about money nobody asks early enough

Ask what happens if private funds run out, and whether the community holds a Medicaid waiver provider agreement. A meaningful share of communities do not participate at all, which converts a funding problem into a forced move at the worst possible moment.

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 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.

What's the difference between reporting a licensing problem and reporting resident abuse at a facility in Clayton?

A licensing problem (unsafe conditions, inadequate staffing, rule violations) is reported to DHSR's Complaint Intake Unit at 1-800-624-3004 or 919-855-4500, which can investigate and cite the facility under Chapter 131D. Suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a specific resident is reported to Johnston County's Adult Protective Services through the county Department of Social Services, since APS in NC is administered county-by-county, not through a single state hotline.

Does a Special Care Unit disclosure requirement apply to every dementia unit in the Triangle, or only some facilities?

The Special Care Unit disclosure requirement under G.S. 131D-8 applies to any licensed adult care home that operates, markets, or advertises a distinct unit or program for residents with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia (or mental health/developmental disability population); a facility that simply serves individual residents with dementia within its general population without designating a special unit is not required to file the SCU disclosure. This distinction is why some Triangle memory-care marketing language should prompt families to specifically ask whether an SCU disclosure has been filed.

Are adult care home license fees and penalties the same for a small facility in Zebulon as a large one in North Hills?

No — while both are licensed under the same single 'adult care home' category, DHSR's fee schedule and civil penalty tiers differ by bed count, generally distinguishing facilities with 9 or fewer beds from those with 10 or more. This is a difference in fee/penalty structure within one license type, not a separate license classification.

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