34 North Carolina Nursing Homes Rated As Best In State: U.S. News

CHARLOTTE, NC —A new set of ratings places nearly 2,300 nursing homes in the United States as top care providers in the country for 2017-18. The "Nursing Home Finder," released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report, evaluated more than 15,000 nursing homes across the country to come up with the list of homes designated as the best.

To create the "Nursing Home Finder," U.S. News used data from Nursing Home Compare, a program run by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The nursing homes were rated "poor" to "top-performing" on a scale of 1 to 5.

In North Carolina, 34 nursing homes made the list. U.S. News says nursing home performance was evaluated over time, averaging monthly data over a year and much emphasis was placed on strong performance in medical quality measures. To receive a high U.S. News rating, homes had to provide significantly more than the required minimum of rehabilitation therapy. All rated homes accept residents covered by Medicaid, Medicare or both. (You can read more about how U.S. News rates nursing homes here.)

The 34 North Carolina nursing homes listed below were labeled as "top performing" and had overall ratings of 4.5 or greater:

1. Highland Farms, Black Mountain (5)
2. Carolina Village Inc., Hendersonville (5)
3. Grace Heights Health & Rehab Center, Morganton (5)
4. Mountain Vista Health Park, Denton (5)
5. Carol Woods, Chapel Hill (5)
6. The Lodge at Mills River, Mills River (5)
7. Kindred Hospital East Greensboro, Greensboro (5)
8. Givens Health Center, Asheville (5)
9. Western North Carolina Baptist Home, Asheville (5)
10. Glenaire, Cary (5)
11. Willowbrooke Court SC Center at Tryon Estates, Columbus (5)
12. Bayview Nursing & Rehab Center, New Bern (5)
13. Shaire Nursing Center, Lenoir (5)
14. Transylvania Regional Hospital Inc., Brevard (5)
15. Cherry Point Bay Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Havelock (5)
16. The Stewart Health Center, Charlotte (5)
17. Windsor POint Continuing Care, Fuquay Varina (5)
18. Rex Rehab & Nursing Care Center of Apex, Apex (5)
19. Conover Nursing and Rehab Center, Conover (5)
20. North Carolina State Veterans Nursing Home, Salisbury (5)
21. Twin Lakes Community Memory Care, Burlington (5)
22. The Rosewood Health Center, Raleigh (5)
23. Universal Health Care/Brunswick, Bolivia (5)
24. Trinity Grove, Wilmington (5)
25. Sharon Towers, Charlotte (5)
26. Willowbrooke Court SC Center at Plantation Estates, Matthews (4.9)
27. Jesse Helms Nursing Center, Monroe (4.8)
28. Aston Park Health Care Center, Asheville (4.8)
29. Brookshire Nursing Center, Hillsborough (4.8)
30. The Oaks at Whitaker Glen-Mayview, Raleigh (4.6)
31. Abernethy Laurels, Newton (4.6)
32. Murphy Medical Center, Murphy (4.5)
33. The Laurels of Hendersonville, Hendersonville (4.5)
34. Life Care Center of Hendersonville, Hendersonville (4.5)

The homes that received the designation of a best U.S. News nursing home for 2017-18 represent about 15 percent of all homes, according to the publication.

Click here to see the list of all nursing homes that were rated as best by U.S. News.

Patch Editor Deb Belt contributed to this report.

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