Nursing homes around Winston-Salem: skilled care, ratings and payment

What does a nursing home provide?

A nursing home provides licensed nursing care around the clock, rehabilitation therapy and help with every daily activity, for short-term patients recovering after a hospital stay and for long-term residents who need ongoing skilled care.

In North Carolina, nursing homes are licensed by DHSR and nearly all are certified by CMS for Medicare and Medicaid; the state lists 32 nursing homes in the five counties with 3,296 licensed beds; CMS rates 31 of them, and 14 hold four or five stars overall (Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026).

Who needs a nursing home rather than assisted living?

Someone who needs daily skilled nursing or therapy, two-person help with most transfers, or medical monitoring that an adult care home cannot provide.

The physician's FL-2 records which level of care is needed.

How are nursing homes rated?

CMS rates each certified nursing home one to five stars on Care Compare, overall and separately for health inspections, staffing and quality measures, using federal survey results, payroll data and resident assessments.

Our nursing home pages copy those figures exactly and compare each home with the five-county median.

What does a nursing home cost in North Carolina?

CareScout's 2025 North Carolina medians are about $9,733 a month for a semi-private room and $10,798 for a private room.

Medicare pays for short skilled stays after a qualifying hospital admission, up to 100 days per benefit period with a $217 daily coinsurance from day 21 in 2026; NC Medicaid pays for most long-term residents.

How do we choose a nursing home around Winston-Salem?

Use the CMS ratings to build a shortlist, then compare staffing hours, turnover and recent inspection findings, confirm Medicaid acceptance if needed, and visit at mealtime.

Being close to the family members who will visit often matters more than most families expect.

How many nursing homes are in the Winston-Salem area?

The state lists the nursing homes counted in the table below across the five counties, most of them in Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Clemmons, Lexington and Thomasville.

Each one has its own page in our directory with its CMS figures.

How is nursing homes spread across the five counties?

This is how the state's files distribute nursing homes across Forsyth, Davidson, Davie, Stokes and Yadkin counties.