Best Nursing Homes in North Carolina — 2026 Rankings
North Carolina has 419 CMS-certified skilled nursing facilities. The state averages 20.4 deficiencies per facility, with 5 facilities receiving zero citations in their latest CMS survey cycle. Rankings below are based on official CMS Health Deficiency data.
Top-Ranked Facilities (Fewest Deficiencies)
- Clapps Nursing Center Inc — Pleasant Garden (0 deficiencies)
- Haymount Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, Inc. — Fayetteville (0 deficiencies)
- Hillcrest Convalescent Center — Durham (0 deficiencies)
- North Carolina State Veterans Home Kernersville — Kernersville (0 deficiencies)
- White Oak Of Waxhaw — Waxhaw (0 deficiencies)
- Alpine Health And Rehabilitation Of Asheboro — Asheboro (1 deficiencies)
- Arbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community — Winston Salem (1 deficiencies)
- Bethesda Health Care Facility — Eastover (1 deficiencies)
- Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation And Health Care Cent — Morehead City (1 deficiencies)
- Cypress Glen Retirement Community — Greenville (1 deficiencies)
- Glenaire — Cary (1 deficiencies)
- Hillside Nursing Center Of Wake Forest — Wake Forest (1 deficiencies)
- Maryfield Nursing Home — High Point (1 deficiencies)
- Mountain Vista Health Park — Denton (1 deficiencies)
- Northern Regional Hospital — Mount Airy (1 deficiencies)
- River Landing At Sandy Ridge — Colfax (1 deficiencies)
- The Forest At Duke Inc — Durham (1 deficiencies)
- Willowbrooke Court Sc Ctr At Tryon Estates — Columbus (1 deficiencies)
- Wilson Rehabilitation And Nursing Center — Wilson (1 deficiencies)
- Bayview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center — New Bern (2 deficiencies)
- Bellarose Nursing And Rehab — Garner (2 deficiencies)
- Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation — Elkin (2 deficiencies)
- Deerfield Episcopal Retirement — Asheville (2 deficiencies)
- Friends Homes At Guilford — Greensboro (2 deficiencies)
- Silas Creek Rehabilitation Center — Winston Salem (2 deficiencies)
Most-Cited Compliance Areas in North Carolina
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 1,783 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 1,560 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 1,516 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 953 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 723 citations