Greensboro Senior AdvisorWhat is an adult care home in North Carolina?
An adult care home is North Carolina's licensed assisted living residence for seven or more adults, regulated by the Division of Health Service Regulation under G.S. Chapter 131D and 10A NCAC 13F; it provides room, board, supervision and help with personal care and medications.
Homes for two to six residents are family care homes under 10A NCAC 13G. Both are what most people mean by assisted living, and both are rated and inspected by DHSR, so the same lookup works for either size.
Is there an assisted living license in North Carolina?
Not by that name: North Carolina licenses assisted living as adult care homes and family care homes, and the phrase assisted living appears in marketing rather than on the license.
Some housing marketed to seniors offers no personal care and needs no adult care home license; if personal care is provided, a license is required. Ask any community that calls itself assisted living for its DHSR license number before touring.
How do we check that a Greensboro home is licensed?
Look it up on DHSR's facility listings or its Facility Inspections, Ratings and Penalties search, or find it in our directory, which is built from those listings and shows the license number and expiration date.
Every license in the three counties currently runs through December 31, 2026. If a home cannot give you a license number, or the name on the license differs from the sign, ask why before going further.
What does DHSR's star rating mean?
It is North Carolina's zero-to-four star rating for adult care homes and family care homes, built from DHSR inspection findings, published with the home's inspection documents and penalties.
Of the 63 rated homes in the three counties, 27 hold four stars, 31 three, 3 two, 0 one and 2 none.
Who inspects adult care homes in Guilford, Randolph and Rockingham counties?
DHSR's Adult Care Licensure Section surveys each home, and county departments of social services employ adult home specialists who monitor the homes in their county and investigate many complaints.
DHSR's construction section separately inspects the buildings for safety, and those construction visits appear in each home's list of inspection documents alongside the care surveys.
Are inspection reports for Greensboro adult care homes public?
Yes. DHSR posts statements of deficiencies, plans of correction and complaint investigation results for each home online, and our facility pages list them with dates and links.
Nursing home inspection results are published by CMS in Care Compare. Reading the actual documents, rather than only the star rating, shows what was found and how the home responded.
What is a combination home?
A nursing home whose DHSR license also includes adult care home beds, so assisted living and nursing care operate on one license and one campus.
Several continuing care communities around Greensboro and High Point are licensed this way, which lets a resident move from assisted living to nursing care without leaving the campus.
