“Management is very helpful, efficient, friendly, and knowledgeable. The food is pretty good, with a good variety on the menu, and they offer a wide variety of activities. Housekeeping and laundry are consistent and do a good job. The maintenance man is very responsive and fixes things in a timely manner. The nurses are very attentive to my aunt's needs and check on her frequently. I feel she is safe and comfortable there.”
Independent Living and Assisted Living
The Kempton at Brightmore
2298 S. Forty-first Street, Wilmington, NC 28403 · Map
Independent LivingAlso assisted living
84 residentsLicensed capacity
$3,700 to $6,000/moTypical assisted living start in North Carolina, from 100 communities that publish prices
20+ interviewsPhone-verified by Senior Living Alliance
What residents and families say
Verified by phone interview
Senior Living Alliance interviews named residents and family members by phone and records each call. Every testimonial is dated and published as given. How we verify
19 more testimonials
“I rate everything very good to excellent, and I have no complaints. The whole team seems to be pretty good, and all the personnel have been very accommodating and friendly. We've eaten here a few times, and the servers are good. My mom enjoys singing, bingo, church on Sunday, and the occasional road trip. Her room is very well cleaned, and the grounds and common areas are well maintained. Once she got settled in, it's very comfortable and very clean. I would definitely recommend it.”
“We couldn't be any happier. Management is very informative, does what they say, and supports Mom to the highest of levels. Mom loves the dining and does as many activities as she can get to. Maintenance took care of our early issues right away, and the transportation has been awesome. We're extremely impressed with the nurses' level of communication. You want the best for your parents, and we are very, very happy. She loves it. It was recommended to us, and we would recommend it to anybody else.”
“I haven't had any problems with management, and my friend hasn't complained to me. The menu looks good, and he's very happy with the servers. Whenever I visit, his place is very tidy and they keep it in order, and maintenance helped him out when he moved in.”
“The place is run very professionally and positively, and concerns are listened to and met promptly. My mom very rarely doesn't love the food, and she enjoys the atmosphere. She enjoys bingo and bridge, and there's a wide enough variety to meet everyone's needs. Housekeeping takes care of things, and repairs are done in a timely fashion. Any questions I have are answered very expeditiously. I can walk away knowing she is very well taken care of. I have recommended it and would do so again.”
“I'm very happy with it, and I think they're well taken care of. Management is always very helpful and takes care of any questions I have. There's a big variety of activities, and they've done a good job getting my mom involved. Maintenance is very good with repairs. The nursing team is very attentive, and the aides are always around and put their head in the door to make sure residents are okay.”
“I would recommend it to anybody. One staff member took a good half hour to explain all the paperwork to me, and she did a good job. My mother loves to sing along when they have singing, and there was plenty to do. The communication I've had with the people who work there has been good. Repairs got done, the building looks well kept and welcoming, and the transportation worked pretty well for her. We didn't have a problem with the nurses.”
“I visited a lot of assisted living places, and this one definitely stood out as the best in my mind. It's very clean and organized. Management was very attentive and helpful getting my mom in. She says the food is mostly really good, and she's very happy at a table of six ladies. Housekeeping is very attentive and always cleaning, and they've even hung her clothes in the closet. The building is excellent, and the nurses respond quickly. My mom is very happy with her apartment and feels safe, and I would definitely recommend it.”
“I was really impressed with how helpful everyone was in getting my mom moved in. We chose this campus for the continuum of care, and management made her transition seamless. There's always a choice she wants at meals. Her housekeeper pays attention and lets me know what my mom needs. Maintenance is extremely helpful and always nice to residents. The nurses and front desk have helped me navigate this world, and I've recommended it to friends facing the same decisions.”
“It's a fine place to come. The food is fine, and you pick a menu each day. There's a big variety of activities, and housekeeping is continuously cleaning. Maintenance is very timely, and the grounds are very neat and clean, with the hedges all kept maintained. Transportation gets me there on time for every appointment. It's expensive, but I feel I get good care, and I feel safe and comfortable.”
“The front desk is phenomenal: knowledgeable, friendly, welcoming and responsive, and I feel very informed. The new director has been very responsive. Everything is spotless, including the public bathrooms, and it's a beautiful facility. The maintenance man is absolutely wonderful and gets things done on the dot. The caregivers are very well trained, kind and helpful, and they check on my brother all the time. He enjoyed a group lunch outing. I know he's safe and well cared for.”
“I've had really great communication from management. Everything was clear from the start, and any questions were answered right away. The nurse in charge is absolutely fantastic; whenever she senses you have questions, she's willing to sit down and talk with you. The staff is very patient with my mother-in-law, and housekeeping sticks to its schedule. I've been happier with the service and care here than where she was before. I tell people all the time and promote this place.”
“The management truly goes above and beyond to make residents feel at home. My mom loves the dining options and the variety of activities available, from crafts to bingo. The staff is friendly and attentive, creating a warm, welcoming environment. Overall, we feel incredibly satisfied with our choice and would encourage anyone looking for a great place to consider it!”
“The management is top-notch, always accessible and responsive to any needs. My mother enjoys the dining options, and I've noticed a good variety on the menu. The activities are plentiful, with something happening every day, and the housekeeping is consistent and thorough. Overall, the place feels safe and well-maintained. I would definitely recommend this community to others looking for a welcoming environment.”
“The management is outstanding, always keeping open lines of communication. The dining options are good, the activities are well-planned and engaging, which my mom loved, and housekeeping is attentive. Maintenance also never lets us down. Overall, I find the place to be well-maintained and a great value so I would definitely recommend this community to others!”
“The management team is incredibly responsive and respectful, making us feel welcome every time we visit. The dining experience has been excellent, with praise from my loved one. Activities are well-organized, and the environment is always clean and inviting. Overall, I would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a caring and supportive community.”
“The management team is absolutely wonderful, always kind and responsive. The dining area is beautiful, and my uncle enjoys the food. There are plenty of engaging activities, and the housekeeping staff does a great job. Maintenance is prompt and efficient. Overall, I feel he is safe and comfortable, and I would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a caring environment for their loved ones.”
“The management team is incredibly courteous and professional, always ready to help. My mother loves the food, consistently praising it. The activities offered are diverse and engaging, catering to all residents, which I find impressive. The housekeeping staff is friendly and does a fantastic job. Overall, I feel great about the value and care being provided. I would highly recommend this place to others!”
“The management is incredibly responsive and respectful, making me feel right at home. The dining options are excellent, with a great variety of delicious meals. I also love the activities they offer, which keep everyone engaged and entertained. The maintenance team is prompt and reliable, ensuring everything runs smoothly. Overall, I highly recommend this place for anyone looking for a welcoming community.”
“The management team is incredibly responsive and attentive, making sure all my questions are answered. The dining options are varied, and my mother has enjoyed the meals. The activities department is outstanding, with engaging events that keep everyone involved. Overall, it's a friendly and welcoming place where residents feel truly at home!”
About the community
The Kempton at Brightmore is a state-licensed independent living, assisted living community in Wilmington, North Carolina. It is licensed for 84 residents. 20+ residents and family members have shared phone-verified testimonials through Senior Living Alliance.
Life at The Kempton at Brightmore
Dining
Three chef-prepared meals are served each day, with licensed dietitians working alongside the chefs on the menus. Residents choose from a varied menu and are served by wait staff. A private dining room and a country kitchen are also available.
Activities
Activities include live music performances, cooking demonstrations by the resident chef, and arts and crafts classes. The life enrichment program covers social, spiritual, intellectual, and physical wellness, and a monthly activity calendar is posted.
Amenities
- Library
- Arts and crafts room
- Living rooms
- Private dining room
- Country kitchen
- Beauty salon and barber
- Kitchenettes
- Mobile resident call and location system
Floor plans
6 layouts from The Kempton at Brightmore’s website. Sizes and prices are as the community lists them; ask which are available now.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Living | $6,356 /mo | Oct 11, 2026 |
Area costs
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.
Independent Living in North Carolina typically starts at $2,250 to $4,250 a month. Based on 33 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price.
How this page is paid for. Lilisity is operated by Senior Living Alliance. The Kempton at Brightmore is a member and pays SLA for its resident and family interview program. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating or the order of search results. Testimonials come from SLA phone interviews. Prices, license details and inspections come from the community’s published rates and public records. How we verify testimonials · How we are paid
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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
0Type A violations
0Type B violations
Last state inspection: Aug 23, 2023. See the record
License
Active, 84 residents
Adult Care Home HAL-065-023. Licensee Kempton Assisted Living LLC.
Nearest emergency room
1.5 miles
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center, rated 3 of 5 stars by CMS.
State inspection recordDHSR star rating 4 stars, 0 Type A, 0 Type B
- DHSR star rating
- 4 stars, score 103.50 issued June 5, 2025 after an annual inspection
- Last state inspection
- August 23, 2023
- Inspections posted since October 15, 2023
- 0, 0 with no deficiencies cited
- Type A1 violations
- 0 death or serious harm, abuse, neglect or exploitation
- Type A2 violations
- 0 substantial risk of those
- Type B violations
- 0 detrimental to health, safety or welfare
- Other rules not met
- 0
- Penalties (last 36 months)
- None
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 84 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 Kempton Assisted Living LLC
- License type
- Adult Care Home
- License number
- HAL-065-023
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 84
- Licensee
- Kempton Assisted Living LLC
- County
- New Hanover County
- Administrator
- Melissa Crouch
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 1.5 mi, nursing home 1.7 mi, pharmacy 0.5 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington. 1.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Cypress Pointe Rehabilitation Center, Wilmington. 1.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Well Care Home Health, Wilmington. 3.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- King's Pharmacy & Compounding Lab. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 28403 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita New Hanover, Wilmington, 1.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Sedc Wilmington Dialysis Center, Wilmington, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Cape Fear Dialysis, Wilmington, 7.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 28403.
Lower Cape Fear Lifecare, office in Wilmington, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Liberty Home Care And Hospice, office in Wilmington, 3.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Kavita Persaud, MD, Wilmington. 3.2 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 very 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: very high. By hazard: hurricane very high, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding very low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, 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.
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- 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?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
- Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
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 | Could not read the site |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does The Kempton at Brightmore provide?
The Kempton at Brightmore is licensed by the state of North Carolina for independent living, assisted living in Wilmington, North Carolina. Its licensed capacity is 84 residents.
Does The Kempton at Brightmore have verified testimonials?
Yes. 20+ residents and family members have shared testimonials about The Kempton at Brightmore through phone interviews verified by Senior Living Alliance.
How much does The Kempton at Brightmore 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. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact The Kempton at Brightmore?
Use The Kempton at Brightmore's website, brightmoreofwilmington.com/kempton-assisted-living, or visit at 2298 S. Forty-first Street, Wilmington, NC 28403.
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