Nursing Homes and Skilled Nursing in North Carolina

Nursing homes provide 24-hour nursing care, short-term rehabilitation after a hospital stay, and long-term care. Every Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing home in North Carolina is inspected by the state survey agency on behalf of CMS, and CMS publishes star ratings for health inspections, staffing and quality measures.

419 nursing homes providers statewide · Source: CMS Care Compare, Nursing Home Provider Information dataset · Updated 2026-10-31

Who pays

Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled rehabilitation after a qualifying hospital stay. Long-term care is private pay until assets are spent down, after which Medicaid, the state Medicaid program, pays for most residents. Long-term care insurance may apply.

How to choose

Look at the health-inspection rating and the staffing rating before the overall rating, read the most recent inspection report, visit unannounced, and ask about nurse turnover. A facility flagged for abuse or in the Special Focus program deserves extra questions.

Nursing homes by city or town

Each city or town page lists every nursing home that serves it, sorted by distance. The city or towns with the most options:

Every city or town has a page; find yours through its county or the search box.

All nursing homes providers by county

Alamance County 7

Alexander County 1

Alleghany County 1

Anson County 2

Ashe County 1

Avery County 1

Beaufort County 2

Bertie County 2

Bladen County 2

Brunswick County 5

Buncombe County 19

Burke County 5

Cabarrus County 7

Caldwell County 4

Carteret County 4

Caswell County 1

Catawba County 6

Chatham County 3

Cherokee County 2

Chowan County 1

Clay County 1

Cleveland County 4

Columbus County 3

Craven County 5

Cumberland County 10

Currituck County 1

Dare County 1

Davidson County 9

Davie County 3

Duplin County 3

Durham County 13

Edgecombe County 3

Forsyth County 14

Franklin County 2

Gaston County 10

Gates County 1

Graham County 1

Granville County 2

Greene County 1

Guilford County 20

Halifax County 4

Harnett County 5

Haywood County 5

Henderson County 9

Hertford County 1

Hoke County 1

Iredell County 5

Jackson County 2

Johnston County 5

Jones County 1

Lee County 3

Lenoir County 3

Lincoln County 3

Macon County 2

Madison County 2

Martin County 1

McDowell County 2

Mecklenburg County 29

Mitchell County 1

Montgomery County 1

Moore County 7

Nash County 3

New Hanover County 11

Northampton County 2

Onslow County 2

Orange County 3

Pamlico County 1

Pasquotank County 2

Pender County 2

Perquimans County 1

Person County 2

Pitt County 6

Polk County 3

Randolph County 6

Richmond County 2

Robeson County 6

Rockingham County 5

Rowan County 9

Rutherford County 5

Sampson County 2

Scotland County 2

Stanly County 4

Stokes County 4

Surry County 5

Swain County 2

Transylvania County 3

Union County 7

Vance County 3

Wake County 21

Warren County 1

Washington County 1

Watauga County 2

Wayne County 4

Wilkes County 4

Wilson County 5

Yadkin County 2

Yancey County 1