Swain County, North Carolina
County inventory for Swain 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. CMS star-quality signature
Rated homes in Swain County average 2.0 CMS stars (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 2 nursing homes - 192 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians.
County care plate
Sheet NC-SWAIN-NORTH-CAROLINA · Swain, NC
NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-LOW · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-ONE 2 homes
- BEDS-FEW 192 beds
- STAR-LOW 2.0★ avg
- HH-SMALL 1 HH
- RANK-MID #1,918/2,851
- PHOTO-NONE No peer
- AL-MID $6,496/mo
- BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 1/1 HH
Stamps lead with CMS star-quality tercile (low) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.
What weaker CMS stars show for Swain County
CMS star quality runs softer in Swain County: rated homes average 2.0/5 (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 2 nursing homes and 192 licensed beds, with 1 home-health agency mapped.
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 run softer here (2 at 2★). Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (50% of 2 homes). Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Nursing Homes in Swain County
2 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View Manor Nursing Center | Bryson City | 2/5 | 120 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Tsali Care Center | Cherokee | 2/5 | 72 | Non profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Swain County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Home Health Agency | Cherokee | 1.5 |
Read next when stars run softer
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 Swain County.