Assisted Living and Memory Care
Morningside of Wilmington
2744 S 17th Street, Wilmington, NC 28412 · Map
Licensed for 101 residents · SNH AL Wilmington Tenant Inc.
Morningside of Wilmington is a state-licensed assisted living, memory care community in Wilmington, North Carolina. It is licensed for 101 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
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Care and services
From the community’s website
What Morningside of Wilmington says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Our residents revel in a wealth of inclusive amenities, including delicious chef-prepared meals daily, a lively calendar of events, weekly housekeeping and convenient scheduled transportation.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
Three Chef-Prepared Meals a Day
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Pet Friendly
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: cottage or villa.
Low-maintenance or Resort-style living offering houses, villas, townhouses, condos or apartments
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
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What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
State inspections
Last state inspection: Sep 17, 2025. See the record
License
Active, 101 residents
Adult Care Home HAL-065-045. Licensee SNH AL Wilmington Tenant Inc..
Nearest emergency room
0.9 miles
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center, rated 3 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morningside of Wilmington this community | 101 | Not published | Active | DHSR star rating 1 star, 5 Type A, 3 Type B | |
| Brookdale Wilmington | 0.7 mi | 38 | $9,120/mo | Active | DHSR star rating 3 stars, 1 Type A, 0 Type B |
| The Commons at Brightmore | 1.5 mi | 201 | $6,055/mo | Active | DHSR star rating 3 stars, 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
| The Kempton at Brightmore | 1.5 mi | 84 | $6,356/mo | Active | DHSR star rating 4 stars, 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
| Spring Arbor of Wilmington | 1.6 mi | 66 | Not published | Active | DHSR star rating 3 stars, 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
State inspection recordDHSR star rating 1 star, 5 Type A, 3 Type B
- DHSR star rating
- 1 star, score 71.00 issued October 30, 2025 after a follow-up inspection
- Last state inspection
- September 17, 2025 (ACLS Follow-up)
- Inspections posted since October 15, 2023
- 9, 1 with no deficiencies cited
- Type A1 violations
- 2 death or serious harm, abuse, neglect or exploitation
- Type A2 violations
- 3 substantial risk of those
- Type B violations
- 3 detrimental to health, safety or welfare
- Other rules not met
- 15
- Penalties (last 36 months)
- 7, totaling $92,000
6 reports could not be read automatically; the counts above leave them out. Open them on the state’s site.
Penalties imposed by DHSR
- October 24, 2025: $12,000, Level A1, 10A NCAC 13F .0909 Resident Rights (inspection May 30, 2025, report). Paid in Full
- September 10, 2025: $12,000, Level A1, 10A NCAC 13F .0902(b) Health Care (inspection March 20, 2025, report). Paid in Full
- July 12, 2024: $18,000, Level A1, 10A NCAC 13F .0902(b) Health Care (inspection March 15, 2024, report). Settlement Agreement
- July 12, 2024: $12,000, Level A2, G.S. § 131D-25 Implementation (inspection January 5, 2024, report). Settlement Agreement
- July 12, 2024: $12,000, Level A2, 10A NCAC 13F .1004(a) Medication Administration (inspection January 5, 2024, report). Settlement Agreement
- July 12, 2024: $12,000, Level A2, 10A NCAC 13F .1002(a) Medication Orders (inspection January 5, 2024, report). Settlement Agreement
- March 27, 2024: $14,000, Level A1, 10A NCAC 13F .0901(b) Personal Care and Supervision (inspection October 19, 2023, report). Settlement Agreement
Inspections since October 15, 2023
- September 17, 2025: ACLS Follow-up, deficiencies cited. Report
- May 30, 2025: ACLS Follow-up, deficiencies cited. Report
- April 17, 2025: Constr Biennial Follow-up, no deficiencies cited.
- March 20, 2025: ACLS Annual and Follow-up, deficiencies cited. Report
- October 5, 2024: Constr Biennial, deficiencies cited. Report
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- May 30, 2024: ACLS Complaint and Follow-up, deficiencies cited. Report
- March 15, 2024: ACLS Complaint and Follow-up, deficiencies cited. Report
- January 5, 2024: ACLS Complaint and Follow-up, 6 other rules not met, 3 Type A2 violations, 3 Type B violations. Report
- October 19, 2023: ACLS Annual and Complaint, 9 other rules not met, 2 Type A1 violations. Report
Violations cited, most recent first
- January 5, 2024: Type B, Residents must get the health care their care plan calls for, with referral and follow-up for health needs 10A NCAC 13F .0902. DHSR: “Based on observations, interviews, and record reviews the facility failed to ensure referral and follow-up to meet the acute health care needs of 1 of 3 sampled residents (#1) related to failing to ensure the resident was referred to a mental health provider.” Report
- January 5, 2024: Type B, Residents' rights under state law (G.S. 131D-21) must be protected 10A NCAC 13F .0909. DHSR: “Based on interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to protect 2 of 2 residents (#10 and #11) from verbal and physical abuse by a staff member resulting in a resident (#10) reporting he was fearful of Staff G and did not feel safe and a resident (#11) who sustained new injuries to his right arm and reported staff abuse to his family and described the staff member that fit the same description for both instances.” Report
- January 5, 2024: Type A2, Medication orders must be complete, clarified and followed 10A NCAC 13F .1002. DHSR: “Based on observations, interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to contact the resident's endocrinologist to ensure clarification of medication orders for 1 of 5 sampled residents (#1) who was prescribed an insulin to treat high blood sugars and had a history of high blood sugars with four visits to a local emergency department in one month for high blood sugars.” Report
- January 5, 2024: Type A2, Medications and treatments must be given as ordered by the prescriber 10A NCAC 13F .1004. Report
- January 5, 2024: Type B, Health care personnel registry 10A NCAC 13F .1205. DHSR: “Based on interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to accurately complete the Health Care Personnel Registry (HCPR) 24 Hour Initial and 5 Working Day Investigative Report after a resident's (#11) family member reported concern of physical abuse to the Administrator.” Report
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- January 5, 2024: Type A2, State law: the home must carry out the Residents' Bill of Rights (G.S. 131D-25) G.S. 131D-25. DHSR: “Based on observations and interviews, the facility failed to ensure the Administrator was responsible for the total operation of the facility, to meet and maintain the rules in rules areas of Qualifications of Medication Staff, Other Staff Qualifications, Health Care, Nutrition and Food Service, Declaration of Resident Rights, Medication Administration, Medication Disposition, and Health Care Personal Registry.” Report
- October 19, 2023: Type A1, Management of facilities with a census of 31 to 80 residents 10A NCAC 13F .0603. DHSR: “Based on interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to supervise 1 of 5 sampled residents (#5) for a resident who required special services according to the facility's pre-admission assessment including visual checks, hourly checks, night checks, additional safety monitoring and additional health monitoring.” Report
- October 19, 2023: Type A1, Staff must give each resident the personal care and supervision their needs and care plan call for 10A NCAC 13F .0901. DHSR: “Based on interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to supervise 1 of 5 sampled residents (#5) for a resident who required special services according to the facility's pre-admission assessment including visual checks, hourly checks, night checks, additional safety monitoring and additional health monitoring.” Report
Other rules found not met
- Medications and treatments must be given as ordered by the prescriber (5 times)
- Food must be safe and sanitary and meals must meet residents' nutrition and diet orders (4 times)
- Staff who give medications must be trained, pass the state exam and keep up continuing education
- Staff qualifications: job description, age, health and background requirements
- Expired or discontinued medications must be disposed of properly
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- Building: fire safety, electrical, mechanical and plumbing equipment must be kept safe and working
- New residents need a tuberculosis test, medical exam and immunization record
- Staff must give each resident the personal care and supervision their needs and care plan call for
Read every report on the state’s site → · DHSR star rating worksheet
What these terms mean
The DHSR star rating is the state's rating, not ours. DHSR: each facility “begins with a base score of 100 points. Based on the facility's compliance or non-compliance with rule areas during inspections, the facility earns merit or demerit points which are added or subtracted from the 100 base points.” Scale: 4 stars = 100 or more points on two consecutive annual surveys; 3 stars = 90.0 to 99.9 points (or 100 or more on one annual inspection); 2 stars = 80.0 to 89.9; 1 star = 70.0 to 79.9; 0 stars = 69.9 or lower.
DHSR: “months will typically pass between inspections and much could change for the better or worse in a facility between inspections. Therefore, it is advised that consumers visit the facility themselves before making such an important decision.”
Type A1 violation: “a violation by a facility of applicable laws and regulations governing a facility which results in death or serious physical harm, abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a resident.”
Type A2 violation: “a violation by a facility of applicable laws and regulations governing the licensure of a facility which results in substantial risk that death or serious physical harm, abuse, neglect, or exploitation will occur.”
Type B violation: “a violation by a facility of applicable laws and regulations governing a facility which is detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of any resident, but which does not result in substantial risk that death or serious physical harm, abuse, neglect, or exploitation will occur.” There is no fine for a Type B violation; an “Unabated B” is one not corrected within 45 days, which can be fined up to $400 a day.
A deficiency cited without a violation type is a rule not met that DHSR did not classify as a Type A or Type B violation.
IDR pending means the facility asked for Informal Dispute Resolution, “a process that gives a facility the opportunity to dispute all or some of the findings of a state inspection.”
DHSR posts Statements of Deficiencies for inspections since November 1, 2014 where deficiencies were found; inspections with no deficiencies are listed as “No Deficiencies Cited” without a report. Violation counts cover inspections since October 15, 2023 and are read from DHSR’s reports; penalties cover the last 36 months. This home is licensed for 101 residents; larger homes are inspected and reported on more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation, Adult Care Licensure Section, data as of October 15, 2026. Always visit in person and ask the community and the county Department of Social Services adult home specialist about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license, licensee SNH AL Wilmington Tenant Inc.
- License type
- Adult Care Home
- License number
- HAL-065-045
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 101
- Licensee
- SNH AL Wilmington Tenant Inc.
- County
- New Hanover County
- Administrator
- Amy Costin
Source: North Carolina state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Administrator name from the North Carolina licensing record, as of Sep 9, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in North Carolina, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in North Carolina
- NC Medicaid Personal Care Services (PCS). Yes. NC Medicaid's Personal Care Services benefit covers hands-on personal care for eligible residents of licensed adult care homes. (state page)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 0.9 mi, nursing home 0.8 mi, pharmacy 0.7 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington. 0.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- August Healthcare at Wilmington, Wilmington. 0.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Well Care Home Health, Wilmington. 4.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 28412 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita New Hanover, Wilmington, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Sedc Wilmington Dialysis Center, Wilmington, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Leland Dialysis Center, Leland, 6.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 6 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 28412.
Lower Cape Fear Lifecare, office in Wilmington, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Liberty Home Care And Hospice, office in Wilmington, 4.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Kavita Persaud, MD, Wilmington. 4.6 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively high; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very high, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding very low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in September 2025. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- How many caregivers work in memory care during the day, the evening and overnight, and for how many residents?
- What dementia training does each caregiver get before working alone, and every year after?
- How do staff respond when a resident is agitated, frightened or tries to leave?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
What we checked13 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation, Adult Care Licensure Section inspection records | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Morningside of Wilmington provide?
Morningside of Wilmington is licensed by the state of North Carolina for assisted living, memory care in Wilmington, North Carolina. Its licensed capacity is 101 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Morningside of Wilmington?
No. We publish state licensing details for Morningside of Wilmington but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Morningside of Wilmington cost?
Assisted Living in North Carolina typically starts at $3,700 to $6,000 a month. Based on 100 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. Morningside of Wilmington does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Morningside of Wilmington?
Use Morningside of Wilmington's website, morningsideofwilmington.seniorlivingnearme.com, or visit at 2744 S 17th Street, Wilmington, NC 28412.
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