North Carolina Aging Statistics & Resource Guide
The North Carolina Aging Statistics & Resource Guide contains key information, links and statistics for senior citizens in North Carolina. With an aging population and the average cost of care averaging between $20.00 an hour for home care to $7,665 a month for skilled nursing care, North Carolina is typically less expensive than the national average. This guide also contains helpful contact information for county offices, Alzheimer’s Disease organizations and government agencies that offer assistance to caregivers and senior citizens.
North Carolina Key Statistics
- 22.7% of the North Carolina population is aged 60 or over with 10.9% of seniors aged 65+ living alone.
- With a flat income tax rate and no social security benefit tax, it offers a mixed tax picture for retirees, with the income tax set at 5.25% and an average property tax set at $894 per $100,000 in home value.
- 34.9% of certified nursing home beds were rated four or five-stars over a three-month period compared to a US national average of 47.3%.
- The median household income for a North Carolina senior (65+) is $40,062.
- 180,000 people aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s in North Carolina.
Choosing Long Term Care in North Carolina
- North Carolina Home Care Agencies Directory: The average hourly home care rate in North Carolina is $20.00, making North Carolina less expensive than the national average ($22.50) for home care.
- North Carolina Adult Day Care Directory: The average cost of adult day care in North Carolina is $1,170 per month making North Carolina less expensive than the national average ($1,625) for adult day care.
- North Carolina Assisted Living Directory: The average cost of assisted living in North Carolina is $4,000 per month making North Carolina less expensive than the national average ($4,051) for assisted living.
- North Carolina Skilled Nursing Directory: The average cost of skilled nursing in North Carolina is $7,665 per month making North Carolina less expensive than the national average ($8,517) for skilled nursing.
North Carolina Senior Services
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services – Division of Aging and Adult Services
Address: 2001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-2000
Phone: 1-800-662-7030
North Carolina State Plan on Aging
North Carolina Elder Justice and Advocacy
- Adult Protective Services
- Adult Protective Services Tools
- Special Assistance/In-Home Training Materials
If you have a concern that an older adult or an adult with disabilities is being exploited, abused or neglected, call contact your local Department of Social Services.
North Carolina Support for Caregivers
- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services – Family Caregiver Support
- Project CARE (Caregiver Support)
North Carolina Senior Disaster Preparedness
North Carolina Health Care Fraud
North Carolina Long-Term Care Ombudsman
- Long Term Care Ombudsman (Advocacy for Residents in Long Term Care Facilities)
- Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee Handbook
North Carolina Medicaid Elderly & Disabled Waiver Programme
North Carolina Medicare and Insurance Counseling
- North Carolina Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP)
- Become a SHIIP Volunteer
- Seniorsʼ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) locator
North Carolina Elderly Nutrition & Wellness
- Nutrition-Congregate and Home Delivered Meals
- Congregate Nutrition
- Home Delivered Meals
- Nutrition Service Standards
- North Carolina Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)
- Living Healthy
- Operation Fan and Heat Relief
North Carolina Prescription Assistance
North Carolina Senior and Healthcare Transportation
- AAction Taxi Cab
- Access GSO – Greensboro Transit Agency
- Alamance County Transportation Authority (ACTA) Vans
- Alleghany In Motion (AIM)
- Apple Country Public Transit
- Asheville Redefines Transit (ART)
- Assistance Travel & Transport
- Brunswick County Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT)
- Brunswick Transit Services
- Buncombe County Senior Transportation
- Carolina Specialty Transport
- Chapel Hill Transit
- Charlotte Area Transit System
- Choanoke Public Transportation Authority
- City of Salisbury Transit
- CJ Medical Transportation
- Clemmons First Baptist Church Transportation Ministry
- County of Lee Transit System (COLTS)
- Craven Area Rural Transit System (CARTS)
- Cumberland County Community Transportation Program
- David’s Transportation Services
- Davidson County Transportation System (DCTS)
- DuPree’s Transportation
- Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST)
- FirstHealth Medical Transport
- GoCary
- GoDurham
- Goldsboro and Wayne Transportation Authority
- GoRaleigh Access
- GoTriangle
- Greenway Public Transportation
- H2GO, LLC
- Harnett Area Rural Transit System (HARTS)
- Haywood Public Transit
- Helping Hands Specialized Transport
- Here ‘2 There Van Service
- High Point Transit System
- Hoke Area Transit Service (H.A.T.S.)
- Iredell County Area Transportation System (ICATS)
- Johnston County Area Transit System (JCATS)
- Kerr Area Transportation Authority
- Kingdom Transportation
- Mecklenburg Transportation System (MTS)
- Mission of the Moore County Transportation Services
- Mountain Mobility
- North State Medical Transport
- NuCare
- Onslow County Senior Services Transportation
- Orange County Public Transportation
- Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART)
- Pitt Area Transit (PATS)
- Providence Transportation
- Regional Coordinated Area Transportation System (RCATS)
- Rider Transit
- Rowan Transit System
- Sampson Area Transportation (SAT)
- Senior Resources Of Guilford Senior Wheels Medical Transportation Program
- Seniors On The Go
- South East Area Transit System (SEATS)
- Tar River Transit
- The H. Lawrence Patrick Senior Life and Conference Center Transportation
- The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem Transportation
- The Shepherd’s Center Of Kernersville Transportation
- The Transporter
- Union County Transportation
- WAGES Senior Companion Program
- Wave Dial-A-Ride Transportation (DART)
- Wayne County EMS Non Emergency Transport
- Wilkes Transportation Authority
- Winston-Salem Transit Authority (WSTA)
- YVEDDI (Yadkin Valley Economic Development District, Inc) Public Transportation
North Carolina County Offices for Aging
Southwestern Commission Area Agency on Aging: Cherokee, Clay, Graham,
Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain (EBCI)
Address: 125 Bonnie Lane Sylva NC 28779
Phone: (828) 586-1962
Fax: (828) 586-1968
Land-of-Sky Regional Council: Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Transylvania
Address: 339 New Leicester Highway Suite 140, Asheville, NC 28806
Phone: (828) 251-6622
Fax: (828) 251-6353
High Country Council of Governments: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
Address: 468 New Market Boulevard Boone, NC 28607
Phone: (828) 265-5434
Fax: (828) 265-5439
Western Piedmont Council of Governments: Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba
Address: 1880 Second Ave, NW Hickory NC 28601
Phone: (828) 322-9191
Fax: (828) 322-5991
Isothermal Planning & Development Commission: Cleveland, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford
Address: 111 West Court Street Rutherfordton, NC 28139
Phone: (828) 287-2281
Fax: (828) 287-2735
Centralina Council of Governments: Anson, Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, Union
Address: 525 North Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202
Phone: (704) 372-2416
Fax: (704) 347-4710
Piedmont Triad Regional Council: Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin
Address: 1398 Carrollton Crossing Drive Kernersville, NC 27284
Phone: (336) 904-0300
Fax: (336) 904-0302
Kerr Tar Regional COG: Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Warren
Address: 1724 Graham Avenue Henderson, NC 27536
Phone: (252) 436-2040
Fax: (252) 436-2055
Triangle J Council of Governments: Chatham, Durham, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Orange, Wake
Address: 4307 Emperor Blvd., Suite 110 Durham, NC 27703
Phone: (919) 558-2711
Fax: (919) 549-9390
Mid-Carolina Council of Governments: Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson
Address: 130 Gillespie Street Fayetteville, NC 28301
Phone: (910) 323-4191
Fax: (910) 323-9330
Lumber River Council of Governments: Bladen, Hoke, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland
Address: 30 CJ Walker Road Pembroke, NC 28372
Phone: (910) 618-5533
Fax: (910) 521-7556
Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments: Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, Wilson
Address: 121 W. Nash Street Wilson, NC 27894
Phone: (252) 234-5952
Fax: (252) 234-5971
Cape Fear Council of Governments: Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender
Address: 1480 Harbour Drive Wilmington, NC 28401
Phone: (910) 395-4553
Fax: (910) 395-2684
Albemarle Commission: Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington
Address: 512 South Church Street Hertford, NC 27944
Phone: (252) 426-5753
Fax: (252) 426-8482
Mid-East Commission: Beaufort, Bertie, Hertford, Martin, Pitt
Address: 1385 John Small Avenue Washington, NC 27889
Phone: (252) 946-8043
Fax: (252) 974-1852
Eastern Carolina Council of Governments: Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, Wayne
Address: 233 Middle Street New Bern, NC 28563
Phone: (252) 638-3185
Fax: (252) 638-3187
Resources
National Healthcare, Caregiving & Senior Living Resources
- The Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare
- Administration for Community Living
- National Council for Aging Care
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
- Pioneer Network: Culture Change in Long-Term Care
- The Center for Social Gerontology
North Carolina Healthcare, Caregiving & Senior Living Resources
- Adult Care Homes
- Adult Day Services
- Adult Placement Services
- Aging Resource Management System (ARMS)
- Aging and Adult Services General Information and Announcements
- Care Management of Frail Older Adults
- Counseling Services at Departments of Social Services
- County Funding Authorizations
- DAAS Councils and Committees
- Elder Housing Locator
- Guardianship and Alternatives to Guardianship
- Home Care Independence
- Housing and Home Improvement Assistance
- In-Home Aides
- Permanent Supportive Housing
- Programs to Find and Maintain Housing
- Senior Centers
- Senior Community Service Employment Program
- Special Care Center Nursing Facility
- State-County Special Assistance (For adult care home residents)
- State-County Special Assistance, In Home (Help to Stay in Your Home)
- Transportation Services for Older Adults
Alzheimer’s Organizations & Resources
- Alzheimers Foundation of America
- Alzheimers Association
- Alzheimers Resource Centre
- Alzheimers Association – North Carolina
- Dementia Alliance of North Carolina
- Western Carolina Chapter – Alzheimer’s Association
North Carolina Senior Health Studies
