As our clients age and start planning for their long term care, clients may and their families should research local Assisted Living, Memory Care, and/or Skilled Nursing Facilities before making any decisions. Certainly we encourage and assist our clients to stay in their homes as long as they wish and as long as they can get the care they need. Nonetheless, often an Assisted Living facility may be the next best step.
When choosing a facility, we advise our clients to take into account their resources and their health care needs. Some clients may only need Assisted Living care while others may need Skilled Nursing care. Keep in mind that the level of care required may change as the resident ages. Likewise a resident’s ability to pay may change over time. Some clients receive enough monthly income and have enough available resources to pay privately for a facility, while other clients may need to apply for Special Assistance or Medicaid Benefits.
In addition, we recommend that our Elder Law clients carefully review the admission agreements and financial stability of a facility before making a deposit or signing any documents. Important provisions include cost increases, possible tax deductions of long term care payments, who decides what level of care is required, what happens if spouses need different levels of care, what happens if a resident runs out of funds, what happens to any deposits in the event of a death, etc.
Below is a chart that may be useful in locating local Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Skilled Nursing Facilities in New Hanover County and surrounding counties. This list also indicates if the facility accepts Special Assistance or Medicaid payments. Special Assistance is a public benefit that provides payment for care in an Assisted Living facility or Memory Care facility for those who meet the eligibility requirements. Medicaid is a public benefit that provides payment for care in a Skilled Nursing facility for those who meet the eligibility requirements. Please note when referring to the below chart that the list is non exhaustive as some facilities did not wish to be included or did not respond to requests for information.
Craige & Fox, PLLC does not endorse any of the below facilities, but simply provides this list as a reference. We encourage you to visit the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services website which provides facility inspections, ratings and penalties for Assisted Living, Memory Care and Skilled Nursing Facilities in the state of North Carolina when searching for a facility for you or a loved one. And of course there is no substitute for an on-site visit to make a determination of how a facility takes care of its residents.
Facility |
Type of Facility |
Special Assistance Accepted (when beds are available) |
Medicaid Accepted (when beds are available) |
Ashe Gardens 300 West Ashe St. Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-8070 |
Memory Care |
No |
Yes |
Autumn Care Nursing and Rehab Center of Shallotte 237 Mulberry Street 910-754-8858 |
Skilled Nursing and Rehab |
No |
Yes |
Autumn Care of Myrtle Grove 5725 Carolina Beach Road 910-792-1455 |
Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing |
No |
Yes |
Azalea Health and Rehabilitation Center 3800 Independence Blvd. 910-392-3110 |
Skilled Nursing And Rehab |
No |
Yes |
Brunswick Cove Nursing Center 1478 River Road, Hwy. 133 S. 910-371-9894 |
Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing |
Yes |
Yes |
Carillon Assisted Living 1125 East Leonard Street Southport, NC 28461 910-454-4001 |
Assisted Living and Memory Care |
Yes |
Yes |
Cedar Cove Assisted Living 420 Jasmine Cove Way PO Box 15027 Wilmington, NC 28408 910-397-7812 |
Assisted Living and Memory Care |
Yes |
Yes |
Champions Assisted Living at the Davis Community 1007 Porter’s Neck Road Wilmington, NC 28411 910-686-6462 |
Assisted Living |
Yes |
No |
Clare Bridge of Wilmington 3501 Converse Drive Wilmington, NC 28403 910-790-8664 |
Assisted Living and Memory Care |
No |
No |
Cypress Pointe Rehabilitation Center 2006 S. 16th Street Wilmington, NC 28401 910-763-6271 |
Skilled Nursing |
No |
Yes |
Dosher Memorial Hospital Extended Care 924 N. Howe Street 910-454-4607 or 457-7696 |
Skilled Nursing |
No |
Yes |
Health Care Center at The Davis Community 1011 Porter's Neck Road 910-686-7195 |
Skilled Nursing and Memory Care |
Yes |
Yes |
Hermitage House 4724 Castle Hayne Road Castle Hayne, NC 28429 910-675-2988 |
Memory Care |
Yes |
Yes |
Huntington Health Care and Retirement Center 311 S. Campbell Street 910-259-6007 http://huntingtonhc.com/ |
Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing |
Yes |
Yes |
Karon's Family Care Home 570 Oak Tree Road 910-285-3246 |
Assisted Living |
Yes |
No |
Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center 121 Racine Drive 910-452-4070 |
Skilled Nursing and Rehab |
No |
Yes |
Liberty Hill Family Care 1874 Farmers Union Road 910-647-0216 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Assisted Living |
No |
No |
Mt. Olive Family Care Route #1, Box 204-C 910-628-7755 |
Assisted Living |
Yes |
No |
New Hanover House 3915 Stedwick Court 910-632-2671 |
Assisted Living and Memory Care |
Yes |
Yes |
Northchase Nursing & Rehab 3015 Enterprise Drive 910-791-3451 |
Skilled Nursing and Rehab |
No |
Yes |
Pacifica Senior Living 2744 S. 17th Street 910-452-1114 |
Assisted Living and Memory Care |
Yes |
Yes |
Pender Memorial Hospital - Extended Care Skilled Nursing Unit 507 E. Fremont St. 910-259-5451 |
Skilled Nursing |
No |
Yes |
PenDu Rest Home 685 North Carolina Hwy. 50 910-259-4469 |
Assisted Living |
Yes |
No |
Premier Living Inc. 106 Cameron Street 910-646-3132 |
Skilled Nursing |
No |
Yes |
Shallotte Assisted Living PO Box 1559 910-754-6621 http://www.shallotteassisted.com/ |
Assisted Living |
Yes |
No |
Sherwood Manor Rest Home 1605 Robinhood Rd. 910-762-9531 |
Assisted Living |
Yes |
No |
Silver Stream Nursing & Rehab. Center 2305 Silver Stream Drive (910) 362-3621 |
Skilled Nursing and Rehab |
No |
Yes |
Spring Arbor of Wilmington 809 John D. Barry Drive 910-799-4999 |
Assisted Living and Memory Care |
Yes |
Yes |
The Commons at Brightmore 2320 41st Street 910-392-6899 http://www.brightmoreofwilmington.com/lifestyle-choices/memory-care/ |
Skilled Nursing and Memory Care |
No |
No |
The Kempton at Brightmore 2298 41st Street 910-332-6899 http://www.brightmoreofwilmington.com/lifestyle-choices/assisted-living/ |
Assisted Living |
No |
No |
Trinity Grove of Wilmington 631 Junction Creek Drive Phone 910-442-3000 |
Skilled Nursing and Memory Care |
No |
Yes |
Wilmington Health & Rehab 820 Wellington Ave. 910-343-0425 |
Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing |
No |
Yes |