Clay County, North Carolina
County inventory for Clay County, North Carolina is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Home-health agency signature
2 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Clay County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 1 nursing home - CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet NC-CLAY-NORTH-CAROLINA · Clay, NC
NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-HIGH · HH-SMALL · RANK-TAIL · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-ONE 1 home
- BEDS-FEW 90 beds
- STAR-HIGH 4.0★ avg
- HH-SMALL 2 HH
- RANK-TAIL #2,162/2,851
- PHOTO-NONE No peer
- AL-MID $6,496/mo
- BOOK-FULL 1/1 NH · 2/2 HH
Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.
What a dense home-health map shows for Clay County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Clay County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 1 nursing home and 90 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 4.0/5 on rated homes.
With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians run assisted living $6,496/mo, semi-private nursing $9,733/mo, private nursing $10,798/mo, home health aide $5,720/mo, adult day $1,831/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.
Star counts skew stronger here (1 at 4★). Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (100% of 1 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Clay County Health and Rehabilitation. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Nursing Homes in Clay County
1 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County Health and Rehabilitation | Hayesville | 4/5 | 90 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
Home Health Agencies in Clay County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain Home Health Services | Hayesville | 3.0 |
| Mountain Home Health | Hayesville | N/A |
Read next for home-health-dense Clay
Continue on the North Carolina elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are North Carolina state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).
Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Clay County.