Forsyth County, North Carolina
County inventory for Forsyth 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
9 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Forsyth County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 14 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians + CMS Five-Star.
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Sheet NC-FORSYTH-NORTH-CAROLINA · Forsyth, NC
NH-MID · BEDS-MID · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-MID 14 homes
- BEDS-MID 1,477 beds
- STAR-MID 3.1★ avg
- HH-SMALL 9 HH
- RANK-HIGH #193/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE York
- AL-MID $6,496/mo
- BOOK-FULL 14/14 NH · 9/9 HH
Photo-finish peer: York County, PA (0 NH count).
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 Forsyth County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Forsyth County: 9 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 14 nursing homes and 1,477 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.1/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians: 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. Local Forsyth providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Forsyth County break as 4 at 1★, 3 at 2★, 2 at 4★, 5 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (36% of 14 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Brookridge Retirement Community, Homestead Hills, North Carolina State Veterans Home Kernersville. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Forsyth, NC
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 5★
- 2 5★
- 3 5★
- 4 5★
- 5 5★
Nursing Homes in Forsyth County
14 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookridge Retirement Community | Winston-Salem | 5/5 | 77 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Homestead Hills | Winston-Salem | 5/5 | 40 | For profit - Corporation |
| North Carolina State Veterans Home Kernersville | Kernersville | 5/5 | 120 | Government - State |
| Silas Creek Rehabilitation Center | Winston Salem | 5/5 | 90 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Trinity Glen | Winston-Salem | 5/5 | 117 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Arbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community | Winston Salem | 4/5 | 6 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Salemtowne | Winston-Salem | 4/5 | 100 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Piney Grove Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Kernersville | 2/5 | 92 | For profit - Corporation |
| Summerstone Health and Rehabilitation Center | Kernersville | 2/5 | 138 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Trinity Elms | Clemmons | 2/5 | 100 | Non profit - Church related |
| Mill Creek Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation | Winston-Salem | 1/5 | 66 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Oak Forest Health and Rehabilitation | Winston Salem | 1/5 | 170 | For profit - Corporation |
| The Oaks | Winston-Salem | 1/5 | 131 | For profit - Corporation |
| Willow Valley Center for Nursing and Rehabilitatio | Winston-Salem | 1/5 | 230 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Forsyth County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Amedisys Home Health of Winston Salem | Winston-Salem | 4.5 |
| Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist -Care at Home | Winston Salem | 4.5 |
| Adoration Home Health | Winston-Salem | 3.5 |
| Bayada Home Health Care, Inc | Winston-Salem | 3.5 |
| Centerwell Home Health | Winston Salem | 3.5 |
| Centerwell Home Health | Winston Salem | 3.5 |
| Centerwell Home Health | Kernersville | 3.5 |
| Gentiva Health Services | Kernersville | 3.5 |
| Pruitthealth at Home - Forsyth | Kernersville | 3.5 |
Read next for home-health-dense Forsyth
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Forsyth County, NC, both outside NC so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the North Carolina overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (14 here).
Similar home-health inventory
Nearest other-state counties by mapped home-health agency count (9 here).
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 Forsyth County.