Friends Homes At Guilford is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1976-05-01. 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 (336) 292-8187 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Friends Homes At Guilford holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (5★), Staffing (4★), 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 67.6/100, placing it #9349 of 14703 facilities nationally and #213 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 Friends Homes At Guilford receives a reported average of 4 hours 3 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 46 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 38 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 39 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 28 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 38.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Friends Homes At Guilford has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 2.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Friends Homes At Guilford ranks 9349th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 67.6/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within NC, it ranks 213th out of 418 nursing homes. In Greensboro, it ranks 5th out of 11 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,533 nationally and RN hours rank #4,009 nationally (#72 in NC). Our composite quality score of 67.6/100 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 Greensboro, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_carolina/greensboro/