Winston-Salem Senior AdvisorWhat do Winston-Salem families ask most about senior care?
Mostly about North Carolina's adult care home licenses and star ratings, dementia care, costs and Special Assistance, how Medicare, Medicaid and the VA fit in, how to choose a community, and where to find free help nearby.
Each set below answers its questions in the first sentence and names the rule, program or agency the answer rests on.
North Carolina licensing and ratings: questions from Winston-Salem families
- How can we check whether a Winston-Salem care home is licensed?
- Is assisted living licensed in Forsyth County by the county?
- What do the state's assisted living stars mean?
- Why does a home we like have only one or two stars?
Memory care around Winston-Salem: questions families ask
- Does North Carolina have a memory care license?
- How do we know if a Winston-Salem home's memory care is licensed?
- What does memory care cost in Winston-Salem?
- Can someone with dementia live in regular assisted living?
Paying for senior care in Winston-Salem: questions families ask
- How much does assisted living cost in Winston-Salem?
- Does Medicare pay for assisted living?
- What is Special Assistance and who gets it?
- Is there a Medicaid waiver for assisted living in North Carolina?
Medicare, Medicaid and VA: questions from Forsyth County families
- When does Medicare pay for a nursing home?
- How does a parent qualify for Medicaid in a nursing home?
- What is the Medicaid look-back?
- What is CAP/DA?
Choosing a care home around Winston-Salem: questions to ask
- What should we check before touring an assisted living home?
- What questions matter most on a tour?
- Should we visit at a particular time?
- How do we compare a big building with a small family care home?
Free help for older adults in Winston-Salem and the five counties
- Who is the area agency on aging for Winston-Salem?
- What does Senior Services Inc. do?
- Where do we apply for Medicaid or Special Assistance?
- How do we report abuse or neglect of an older adult?
Where do these answers come from?
From N.C.G.S. Chapter 131D and the 13F and 13G rules, DHSR's license files and rating pages, NCDHHS letters, NC Medicaid program pages, CMS, the VA, the Piedmont Triad aging agency, the county social services departments and CareScout's 2025 North Carolina cost data.
Where no published figure exists, such as a Winston-Salem cost median or any memory care median, the answer says so instead of guessing. When a rule or benefit amount changes, the answer changes along with the reference page it links to.
What if our question is not answered here?
Send it through the care-match form or call, and an advisor will answer it directly; questions that come up often are added to these sets with the source named.
For a formal eligibility decision, such as whether a parent qualifies for Special Assistance or Medicaid, the county department of social services decides, and we will tell you which office and what papers to bring.
