The Forest At Duke Inc is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2008-02-11. 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) 490-8000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

The Forest At Duke Inc 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 (5★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (N/A★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 64.9/100, placing it #10381 of 14703 facilities nationally and #254 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 Forest At Duke Inc receives a reported average of 2 hours 17 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 9 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 32 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 36 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 23 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 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.

The facility has received 2 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $1,300. 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 0.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, The Forest At Duke Inc ranks 10381st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 64.9/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within NC, it ranks 254th out of 418 nursing homes. In Durham, it ranks 7th out of 11 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 5th of 7. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #14,063 nationally and RN hours rank #14,012 nationally (#398 in NC). Our composite quality score of 64.9/100 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 Durham, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_carolina/durham/