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In-Home Care in Raleigh

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2 verified in Raleigh
Wake County
Quick answer

There are 2 verified in-home care 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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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

We list 2 verified in-home care options in Raleigh.

What to watch for with in-home care in Raleigh

  • Non-medical home care is generally private pay. Medicare does not cover it. Get your state's CareScout non-medical caregiver hourly median.
  • Medicare-covered home health is intermittent and skilled — nursing visits, physical therapy — not a caregiver who stays with your parent.
  • Once you need more than roughly forty to fifty hours a week, run the math against assisted living.

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Verified in-home care in Raleigh

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
Brookdale North RaleighIndependent Living1200 Carlos Drive
Raleigh, OH 27609		Wake
Amedisys Home Health Care - RaleighHome Health & Home Care3921 Sunset Ridge Rd, Suite 102
Raleigh, OH 27607		Wake

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.

The local long-term care ombudsman. NC Division of Aging and Adult Services (NCDHHS) runs the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, with 16 Offices of the Regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman housed within regional Area Agencies on Aging. covers Wake, Durham, Orange, Chatham, Johnston, Lee and Moore counties at 1-800-310-9777 (Central Pines Regional Council / Triangle J region toll-free Ombudsman line, covering Wake, Durham, Orange, Chatham, Johnston, Lee, and Moore counties); Franklin County is a different region. Read the full explanation →

Questions families ask

What's the process for reporting elder abuse in Chatham County, and what hospital serves Pittsboro and Siler City?

In Chatham County, suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an older or disabled adult should be reported to Chatham County DSS Adult Services, since Adult Protective Services in North Carolina is administered at the county level; call 911 if someone is in immediate danger. For hospital care, Siler City in western Chatham is served by Chatham Hospital, part of the UNC Health system, while Pittsboro-area residents in eastern Chatham are typically within 20-30 minutes of both UNC Health facilities in Chapel Hill and Duke Health facilities in Durham. Chatham County falls under the Central Pines/Triangle J Area Agency on Aging (1-800-310-9777) for general aging services and options counseling.

My parents are considering retirement communities near Pittsboro — what's the draw of that specific area?

Pittsboro and eastern Chatham County have become a popular retirement destination in the Triangle largely because of established large-scale retirement communities like Fearrington Village and Galloway Ridge, combined with reasonable access — roughly 20-30 minutes — to both UNC Health in Chapel Hill and Duke Health in Durham for specialist and hospital-level care. Chatham Hospital, the county's local UNC Health-affiliated facility in Siler City, is further from Pittsboro but still within the same health system network. Families should still verify a specific community's current licensing status and any inspection history through NC DHSR's facility search tools before committing, regardless of the community's reputation.

Franklin County seems to have a different Area Agency on Aging than the rest of the Triangle — why, and what's the contact number?

Correct — unlike Wake, Durham, Orange, Johnston, Chatham, and Harnett counties, which are all covered by the Central Pines Regional Council (Triangle J), Franklin County is served by a different regional agency, the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments Area Agency on Aging, reachable at 1-866-506-6223. Kerr-Tar also covers Granville, Person, and Vance counties. Franklin County residents should use this Kerr-Tar contact for aging services referrals, options counseling, and the regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program rather than the Central Pines number used elsewhere in the Triangle.

What hospital serves Franklin County seniors, and who handles Adult Protective Services reports in Louisburg?

Franklin Regional Medical Center in Louisburg is the county's central hospital hub for senior medical and emergency care. Adult Protective Services reports for Franklin County residents, including those in Louisburg, Youngsville, and Franklinton, go through Franklin County DSS Adult Services, since APS is administered at the county level across North Carolina rather than through a single statewide hotline; call 911 for immediate danger. For general aging services and options counseling, Franklin County uses the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments Area Agency on Aging (1-866-506-6223), not the Central Pines/Triangle J office that covers most of the rest of the Triangle.

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