The Forest At Duke Inc

2701 Pickett Road, Durham, NC 27705

Provider number (CCN): 345542
Certification: Medicare
Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
Certified beds: 4
Phone: (919) 490-8000
CMS data as of: August 1, 2026

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stable

Staffing 0% · Deficiencies 0% over tracking period

What the records show

CMS rates The Forest At Duke Inc 4 out of 5 stars overall, with 5 of 5 for health inspections, 1 of 5 for staffing. Federal inspectors cited 1 health deficiency across the last three survey cycles, most recently surveyed in 2024, 1 still recorded as uncorrected. CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this facility in the covered period.

Facility Assessment 1 federal violation at this facility remains unresolved. This facility staffs below 0.55 RN hours per resident day — the level the 2024 federal rule, repealed in February 2026, would have required.

Reviews, Ratings and Official Records

This page reviews The Forest At Duke Inc using federal government records — CMS star ratings, health-inspection findings, staffing data and enforcement actions. NursingHomeGrade does not collect, host or publish resident or family testimonials, and no star rating below is a consumer review score.

Partial-data grade: missing CMS quality-measure rating. Missing components add no positive points. Below the repealed 0.55 hr benchmark — review the inspection and enforcement records below for the safety history behind the grade.

Ratings and Grade Breakdown

RN Staffing Registered nurse time each resident receives daily. 2024 federal benchmark: 0.55 hrs. Repealed February 2026.	0.04 — Below the repealed 0.55 hr benchmark
The 0.55 hour RN standard was repealed effective February 2, 2026 and is not currently enforced. We still grade against it. Why
Health Deficiencies (last 3 survey cycles) Violations found during federal inspections, with how many remain open and how many involved actual harm.	Total 1 Outstanding 1 Actual harm or worse (G–L) 0
CMS Ratings Federal five-star ratings published by CMS. These are regulatory ratings, not consumer review scores.	Overall: ★★★★☆ (4/5) Health inspection: ★★★★★ (5/5) Quality: Not rated Staffing: ★☆☆☆☆ (1/5)
NursingHomeGrade Score	29/100

Loaded into NursingHomeGrade on September 5, 2026. This is the load date, not the date CMS published the underlying survey data — see release dates.

CMS scores each facility from one to five stars — one is in the bottom fifth of facilities in its state on health inspections, five is in the top tenth. Our own A–F grade is a separate 0–100 score built from staffing hours, inspection citations, and the severity and correction status of those citations, weighted as described in our grading methodology.

Staffing Compared With State and National Levels

Registered nurse hours per resident per day compared with state and national levels
This facility	0.04 hrs
NC median	0.51 hrs
National average	0.69 hrs

Staffing figures are the values CMS published in its file processed August 1, 2026, drawn from payroll-based journal reporting.

Inspection Records Covered

Most recent standard health survey: November 19, 2024.
Citations shown below span 1 recorded inspection cycle.

Source records: CMS Care Compare profile for provider 345542 ↗ · the federal files we load and when.

Inspection Deficiencies

Health inspections identify violations of federal standards. Severity ranges from no actual harm (A–F) to immediate jeopardy (J–L).

1 deficiency found. 0 corrected. None involved actual harm. — 1 still outstanding

Most recent inspection (November 19, 2024)

B No harm — pattern F0640 Status: Outstanding — Plan Filed

Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — Deficient, Provider has plan of correction, corrected December 13, 2024

Fines and Enforcement Actions

CMS lists no fines and no payment denials for The Forest At Duke Inc in the enforcement records covering the last three years, as published in the file processed August 1, 2026.

Ownership and Contact Information

Facility name: The Forest At Duke Inc
Address: 2701 Pickett Road, Durham, NC 27705
Phone: (919) 490-8000
Provider number (CCN): 345542
Ownership type: Non profit - Corporation
Medicare/Medicaid certified since: February 11, 2008
Official record: CMS Care Compare profile ↗
Details verified against CMS data dated: August 1, 2026

The federal nursing-home files publish no email address for certified facilities, so none is listed here. We do not guess or construct contact addresses. Contact details above are reproduced from CMS Provider Information; call the facility to confirm before relying on them.

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Sources and Methodology

CMS Provider Information (file processed August 1, 2026) — ratings, staffing, ownership, certification and contact details. Dataset 4pq5-n9py ↗
CMS Health Deficiencies — inspection citations, scope and severity, correction status. Dataset r5ix-sfxw ↗
CMS Ownership — owning and managing organisations. Dataset y2hd-n93e ↗

The NursingHomeGrade score is our own calculation from these federal files — it is not a CMS rating and not a consumer review score. See exactly how the score is calculated · full methodology · source files and load dates.

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