Winston-Salem Senior AdvisorWhat do Winston-Salem Senior Advisor's guides cover?
Our 12 guides walk Forsyth County families through specific decisions: reading the state's star ratings, dementia units around Winston-Salem, small family care homes, nursing home staffing, Special Assistance, CAP/DA, VA pension and leaving the hospital, each sourced to North Carolina rules, state agencies or federal data.
New guides are added on a schedule, and the newest one is linked in the footer of every page. Each starts with a short answer, includes at least one table and ends with the questions families ask about it.
How are the guides different from the reference pages?
The rules, cost and directory pages are reference material; each guide follows one situation or decision the way a family lives it, and links back to the reference pages for the full rules.
If a guide and a reference page ever disagree, we fix the reference page first and then the guide.
Clemmons and Bermuda Run: Senior Care on Both Sides of the Yadkin River
West of Winston-Salem, Clemmons in Forsyth County and Bermuda Run and Advance in Davie County form one area for families. What is licensed there and how the county line matters.
Read the guide →October 29, 2026VA Aid and Attendance, Worked Through: A Winston-Salem Surviving Spouse
How VA pension with Aid and Attendance is calculated when care costs are counted, with a worked example for a surviving spouse in a Winston-Salem adult care home.
Read the guide →October 22, 2026Kernersville Senior Care: More Licensed Options Than Its Size Suggests
Kernersville has more licensed adult care homes than any place in the five counties outside Winston-Salem, plus the state veterans home and a dementia-only home. A guide to what is there.
Read the guide →October 15, 2026PACE Around Winston-Salem: Who Has It, and Who Is Still Waiting
PACE combines medical care, a day center and home care under one team. Davidson and Davie counties have it now; Forsyth and Stokes are listed as coming soon; Yadkin has none.
Read the guide →October 8, 2026Choosing a Rehab Nursing Home After Baptist or Forsyth Medical Center
Most nursing home stays in Winston-Salem start as short-term rehab after a hospital admission. How to choose a skilled nursing facility in the few days the hospital gives you.
Read the guide →October 1, 2026Fewer Options, Longer Drives: Senior Care in Stokes, Davie and Yadkin Counties
The three smaller counties around Winston-Salem have older populations and less licensed care. What exists there, how families stretch time at home, and when to look toward Winston-Salem.
Read the guide →September 24, 2026Special Assistance in 2026: The Math for Winston-Salem Families
How North Carolina's Special Assistance payment is calculated for an adult care home resident in 2026, with worked examples and the questions that decide whether it works.
Read the guide →September 17, 2026Nursing Home Staffing Around Winston-Salem: What the Payroll Data Shows
CMS publishes nurse hours per resident and staff turnover for every certified nursing home, from payroll records. How the five counties' homes compare and what to ask.
Read the guide →September 10, 2026What North Carolina's Adult Care Penalty List Shows for the Winston-Salem Area
Seven licensed homes in the five counties carry state fines from the past 36 months. What the levels mean, which rules were cited and how to use the list without overreacting.
Read the guide →September 3, 2026Six Beds or Fewer: Family Care Homes in Forsyth and Davidson Counties
The smallest licensed assisted living homes around Winston-Salem are family care homes for two to six people. Where they are, how they are rated and who they suit.
Read the guide →August 27, 2026Dementia-Only Homes or a Memory Care Wing? Winston-Salem's Two Kinds of Units
Some licensed homes around Winston-Salem are dementia units from front door to back; others have a unit inside a larger assisted living building. How they differ and how to choose.
Read the guide →August 20, 2026How to Read a North Carolina Star Rating for a Winston-Salem Adult Care Home
North Carolina rates assisted living from zero to four stars. What the rating measures, how the five counties' homes score, and how to read the survey behind it.
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