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Nursing homes in Wake County, North Carolina

Wake County, North Carolina has 21 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes with 2,174 certified beds in total. Their average CMS overall rating is 3.1 of 5 (the North Carolina average is 2.9), and 9 homes have 4 or 5 stars. The median home reports 3.66 nurse staffing hours per resident per day. CMS lists fines in the past three years for 11 of the 21.

Nursing homes
21
Certified beds
2,174
Average overall rating
3.1
Certified beds in use
85.5%

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The circle and stars show the CMS overall rating from 1 to 5. Sorting is a convenience, not a recommendation; ratings do not include price or openings. Medicaid participation comes from CMS; ask each home whether a Medicaid bed is open.

Common questions

How many nursing homes are in Wake County, North Carolina?

CMS lists 21 certified nursing homes in Wake County, with 2,174 certified beds in total.

Which nursing homes in Wake County have a 5-star overall rating?

6 homes have a 5-star overall rating from CMS: Bellarose Nursing And Rehab, Glenaire, Hillside Nursing Center of Wake Forest, Rex Rehab & Nursing Care Center, The Rosewood Health Center, UNC Rex Rehab & Nursing Care Center of Apex.

How full are nursing homes in Wake County?

On an average day about 85.5% of certified beds are in use across homes in Wake County. This is an average, so ask each home about current openings.

Where does this data come from?

All figures come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Provider Data Catalog. CMS does not publish prices, so costs are not shown.

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, nursing home datasets processed Sep 1, 2026. All counties in North Carolina