About Assisted LivingAssisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.Complete guide to assisted livingBest of 2024 Assisted Living Winners
About Memory CareMemory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering. Complete guide to memory careBest of 2024 Memory Care Winners
About Independent LivingIndependent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.Complete guide to independent livingBest of 2024 Independent Living Winners
About Senior LivingSenior living is a term used to describe various housing and care options for older adults from maintenance-free, 55+ facilities for active seniors, to secure, fully staffed facilities for seniors with Alzheimer's or dementia.
Complete guide to senior livingFind senior living facilities near you
About Nursing HomesNursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.Complete guide to Nursing Homes
About Home Care Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home. Complete guide to home careBest of 2024 Home Care Winners
About Senior ApartmentsSenior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.Complete guide to Senior Apartments
About Care HomesResidential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.Complete guide to care homes
Veteran ResourcesVA benefits for long-term care, such as Aid and Attendance benefits, can help eligible veterans and their surviving spouses pay for senior care.Guide to VA benefits for long-term care
More About Veterans Benefits
Senior Living Awards
How Our Service Works
Caregiver ResourcesAdd Review(866) 374-4058
Talk to a local advisor for FREE
10 Best Nursing Homes in Unaka, NC
Unaka is home to many senior care options, including nursing homes. The term “nursing home” is often used as a catchall for any type of senior care. But it can also refer to actual nursing homes, or skilled nursing facilities, which provide the highest level of medical and rehabilitative care outside of a hospital. Of the 109 nursing homes, assisted living, and memory care communities in Unaka, the best fit for your loved one will depend on their budget and needs. The cost of nursing home care in Unaka is about $3,954, but costs tend to increase as care needs increase. To learn more, browse our 599 reviews and explore the services and amenities available in your area.
As you consider nursing homes near you, you may also want to expand your search to areas like You may also consider nearby communities such as Hopewell Mill, Citico Beach and Madola.
Nursing Homes Facilities near Unaka, NC
Showing 76 communities
Last Updated: 9/4/24
Sort by
Filter by
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
What We Do BestFamilies, residents, and staff members have told us there are three things that we do best. First, we establish life long relationships with families and residents. Second, we lift the burden of care giving from the shoulders of the family members making it possible for both the...
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Assisted Living, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Memory Care, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
On behalf of our team of caregivers and support staff, thank you for considering our healthcare center. We offer a full range of medical services to meet the individual needs of our residents, including short-term rehabilitative services and long-term skilled care. Working with the resident’s...
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living, Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Shannondale of Maryville opened in March of 2002. We are a Membership Based Community offering Continuing Care to our residents. Our 34-acre campus offers 66 Independent Living Homes & Villas and 89 Retirement Center Apartments -Though each of our facilities is unique in character they are...
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Our free advisors can help
- Compare local facilities
- Determine care type
- Schedule tours
- Evaluate pricing
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Wellington Place has a variety of activities and an abundance of amenities. Our caring and professional staff provides the highest standard of personalized attention for those seniors who are unable or choose not to be alone. We provide support and encourage the independence for each of our...
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Starting at $X,XXX+ monthly
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
On behalf of our team of caregivers and support staff, thank you for considering our healthcare center. We offer a full range of medical services to meet the individual needs of our residents, including short-term rehabilitative services and long-term skilled care. Working with the resident’s...
22 Photos available
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Wellington Place of Cleveland is Cleveland’s First and Finest Assisted Living! Wellington Place of Cleveland would like to cordially invite you to consider making our community and family a part of yours. We invite you to come inspect and decide that there is NO BETTER PLACE to live with safety,...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Assisted Living, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Cost of nursing homes in Unaka, NC
The average cost of senior living in Unaka is $3,954 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Ebenezer, NC with an average of $3,106 per month.
Average monthly cost of Nursing Homes in Unaka, NC vs. the state and national average
Unaka, NC
U.S. national average
Average monthly cost of Nursing Homes in Unaka vs. other types of senior living
Nursing Homes
Median monthly costs of Nursing Homes in Unaka, NC by room type
Semi-Private
Studio
1 Bedroom
2 Bedroom
Discover the many ways to pay for senior living
Planning ahead can better position you to make good choices for your loved one’s care in the future. But if your aging family member needs care now, there are ways to finance the cost of long-term care through a combination of approaches.
Your Guide to Paying for Care
Plan for and know your options for how to cover long-term care expenses.
Your Guide to VA Benefits
The VA provides two veterans benefits that can be used to offset the costs of long-term care.
Medicare and Medicaid
Understand the difference between these two public pay options, and what they cover.
What families are saying about nursing homes in Unaka
Recent reviews for nursing homes in Unaka
Charter of Cleveland
4.0
My Mom is settled and content. It was a big adjustment, but now she enjoys the friendship's that she is making. She brags about the care that the girls in house-keeping give her and the assistant's that tend to her daily needs. So I say over all we made a good choice. The daily care from ...
Read more
Avail Senior Living in Cleveland, TN
5.0
I just don’t think you are going to find a better place for your loved one than Avail Senior Living of Cleveland, Tennessee. My father and now his older sister are living side by side and receiving excellent care, good food, and new friendships. It’s a beautiful place owned and operated by ...
Read more
Unaka nursing homes services and amenities
These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Unaka nursing homes communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Unaka, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.
Availability of select care services in Unaka nursing homes
Nursing homes communities offer a variety of care services and visiting health care providers to meet seniors’ health needs. The chart below shows the percentage of nursing homes partners in Unaka that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Unaka, NCNational
Full medication management
Full medication management
43.4%
2.4%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
32.9%
9.5%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
81.6%
26%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
82.9%
26.6%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
46.1%
9.8%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
21.1%
0.8%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
81.6%
22.8%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
38.2%
7%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
47.4%
17.3%
0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%80.0%100%
*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist
Availability of select dementia care services in Unaka nursing homes
Our community partners provide many services to keep residents with dementia or other memory concerns safe and engaged. Below, take a look at what percentage of Unaka Nursing Homes partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Unaka, NCNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
44.7%
3.8%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
17.1%
0.2%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
28.9%
5.4%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
7.9%
1.2%
0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%80.0%100%
Availability of select dietary accommodations in Unaka nursing homes
Nursing homes communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Unaka partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Unaka, NCNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
22.4%
0.5%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
28.9%
1.4%
No sugar
No sugar
26.3%
1.4%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
28.9%
3.5%
0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%80.0%100%
Availability of select dining options in Unaka nursing homes
Our nursing homes communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Unaka communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Unaka, NCNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
14.5%
0.2%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
26.3%
0.5%
Room service
Room service
21.1%
0.4%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
7.9%
0.7%
0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%80.0%100%
Availability of select programs and activities in Unaka nursing homes
Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered nursing homes communities in Unaka offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Unaka, NCNational
Activity director
Activity director
32.9%
0.4%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
19.7%
0.2%
Community service programs
Community service programs
26.3%
0.3%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
39.5%
6.4%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
31.6%
0.4%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
43.4%
6.5%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
31.6%
0.4%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
26.3%
0.2%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
23.7%
0.3%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
31.6%
0.4%
Live performances
Live performances
31.6%
0.4%
Dances
Dances
22.4%
0.2%
Fitness center
Fitness center
14.5%
0.3%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
30.3%
0.4%
0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%80.0%100%
Frequently Asked Questions
StoryPoint Knoxville West, Brookdale Mount Vernon Drive and Rain Forest Landings are the top-rated nursing homes facilities near Unaka, North Carolina. See full list of communities.
There are 109 nursing homes facilities near Unaka, North Carolina. See the full list.
More questions?
Ask an A Place for Mom local advisor at no cost.
Nursing Homes in Cities Near Unaka
- Hopewell Mill, Tennessee
- Citico Beach, Tennessee
- Madola, Georgia
- Pierceville, Georgia
- Grassy Creek, Tennessee
- Ducktown, Tennessee
- Postelle, Tennessee
- McHarg, Tennessee
- Epworth, Georgia
- Staffordtown, Tennessee
- Fry, Georgia
- Chanceytown, Tennessee
- Harbuck, Tennessee
- Turtletown, Tennessee
- Hothouse, Georgia
- Curtis, Georgia
- Galloway, Georgia
- Isabella, Tennessee
- Farner, Tennessee
- Reesetown, Tennessee
More options near Unaka, North Carolina
The information contained on this page is for informational purposes only and is not intended to constitute medical, legal or financial advice or create a professional relationship between A Place for Mom and the reader. Always seek the advice of your health care provider, attorney or financial advisor with respect to any particular matter, and do not act or refrain from acting on the basis of anything you have read on this site. Links to third-party websites are only for the convenience of the reader; A Place for Mom does not endorse the contents of the third-party sites.
Back to top