Hillside Nursing Center of Wake Forest: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Hillside Nursing Center of Wake Forest is a 130-bed for-profit nursing home in Wake Forest, North Carolina. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.44 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% above the North Carolina average of 2.34, and 45.7% nursing staff turnover (North Carolina average 49.0%).
Hillside Nursing Center of Wake Forest
968 East Wait AvenueWake Forest, NC 27588
Wake County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Hillside Nursing Center of Wake Forest, nurse aides logged 2.44 hours per resident per day, 4% above the North Carolina average. With about 115 residents a day, that works out to roughly 280 aide hours a day, or about 35 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | North Carolina avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.44 | 2.34 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.84 | 0.89 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.54 | 0.61 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.81 | 3.83 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.26 | 3.40 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
45.7% of nursing staff at Hillside Nursing Center of Wake Forest left over the year CMS measured, against a North Carolina average of 49.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 46.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 5, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 0 health deficiencies (North Carolina average 4.8). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Hillside Nursing Center of Wake Forest holds 5 of 5 overall; the North Carolina average is 2.9.
About Hillside Nursing Center of Wake Forest
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Hillside Nursing Center of Wake Forest, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 9, 1992
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
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Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.