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A Step Above Home Care
4 Long Shoals Rd. Suite 3E, Arden, NC 28704
Licensed · North Carolina Home Care Agency license HC8355, valid through December 2026 · state roster dated October 6, 2026
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Five licensed in-home care agencies serve Arden, NC, each with an active North Carolina Home Care Agency license on the state's public roster. Each listing shows the license number and the date we matched it to the roster, so you can confirm it with the state yourself. Across North Carolina, in-home care runs about $30 an hour, or roughly $2,600 a month for 20 hours a week (CareScout 2025), so ask each agency for its own rate in writing. We rank a city once at least five of its agencies have 10 or more public reviews. Arden is not there yet, so for now the order is alphabetical, not a verdict on quality.
Updated November 2026 · Data: state license rosters, checked October 6, 2026 · How we list agencies

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4 Long Shoals Rd. Suite 3E, Arden, NC 28704
Licensed · North Carolina Home Care Agency license HC8355, valid through December 2026 · state roster dated October 6, 2026
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2270 Hendersonville Road, Suite 3, Arden, NC 28704
Licensed · North Carolina Home Care Agency license HC3777, valid through December 2026 · state roster dated October 6, 2026
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1904 Brevard Road, Arden, NC 28704
Licensed · North Carolina Home Care Agency license HC7662, valid through December 2026 · state roster dated October 6, 2026
A labeled ad between No. 3 and No. 4, open to any agency, ranked or not.
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2400 Applachian Blvd, Arden, NC 28704
Licensed · North Carolina Home Care Agency license HC5615, valid through December 2026 · state roster dated October 6, 2026
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2330 Hendersonville Road, Suite B, Arden, NC 28704
Licensed · North Carolina Home Care Agency license HC5208, valid through December 2026 · state roster dated October 6, 2026
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Request free helpNon-medical in-home care. Source: CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey.
Most families pay privately or use long-term care insurance, Medicaid waivers, VA benefits or local Area Agency on Aging programs.
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Five in-home care agencies serving Arden, NC hold an active North Carolina Home Care Agency license, as listed in the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation public roster dated October 6, 2026. They are shown in alphabetical order. We do not rank them, because no fair public quality data exists for in-home care agencies and we will not invent a score.
In-home care means non-medical help that lets an older adult keep living at home: bathing and dressing, meals, housekeeping, errands, medication reminders and company. It is usually paid for privately, with long-term care insurance, a Medicaid program or VA benefits, not by Medicare. Compare at least three agencies, and ask each whether caregivers are employees, how they are screened, who supervises them, the minimum hours and the hourly rate.
In North Carolina, the median rate for in-home care is $30 an hour, about $2,600 a month for 20 hours a week (CareScout 2025).
The 5 agencies on this list are based in 1 ZIP code; the busiest are 28704 (5 agencies). If Arden has too few choices for your needs, the closest other cities we list are Fletcher (5 agencies, about 4 miles away), Asheville (25 agencies, about 6 miles away) and Hendersonville (10 agencies, about 11 miles away).
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The state roster dated October 6, 2026 lists 5 agencies in Arden with an active North Carolina license. Agencies based in nearby towns may also serve Arden.
Call at least three. Ask whether caregivers are employees or independent contractors, how they are screened and supervised, the minimum hours and the hourly rate, and what happens when a caregiver is sick. Ask for a written care plan. Our guide to how to check an agency has the full list.
Medicare rates home health agencies and hospices, so we rank those. There are no public quality ratings for non-medical in-home care, so these agencies are listed A-Z with their state license, and we do not rank or score them.
Most pay privately, by the hour. Long-term care insurance, Medicaid waivers and VA benefits can help with bathing help, meals, housekeeping or companionship.
The agency holds a license from the state health department. Licensing sets minimum standards and allows the state to inspect and act on complaints, but it does not rate how good the care is.
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