The Arbor is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2006-09-28. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (919) 545-2690 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

The Arbor holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 68.2/100, placing it #9078 of 14703 facilities nationally and #206 of 418 in North Carolina. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at The Arbor receives a reported average of 4 hours 30 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 21 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 8 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 6 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $6,350. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $6,350, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 17.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, The Arbor ranks 9078th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 68.2/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within NC, it ranks 206th out of 418 nursing homes. In Pittsboro, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,415 nationally and RN hours rank #2,024 nationally (#32 in NC). Our composite quality score of 68.2/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Pittsboro, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_carolina/pittsboro/