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Carol Woods

750 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 · Orange County · (919) 968-4511

30 certified beds, about 28 residents a day · Non profit - Corporation · Medicare since 1980

CMS high performing icon Part of a continuing care retirement community Certified for Medicare
Overall
5 of 5
Health inspections
4 of 5
Staffing
5 of 5
Quality measures
5 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 345199 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on June 26, 2025, inspectors cited 0 health deficiencies (the North Carolina average is 4.7, the national average 9.2).

None of its 7 health citations since February 2023 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.

Nurses and nurse aides worked 4.92 hours per resident per day, against 3.85 across North Carolina and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 1.79 of those hours.

35.1% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (North Carolina average 49.0%).

Health inspections

Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.

Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.

Potential for minimal harm Potential for more than minimal harm Actual harm Immediate jeopardy Found on a complaint visit

Where its citations fall on CMS's grid

CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 7 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
2D
2E
1F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
2B
0C
June 26, 2025Standard inspection · 0 citations
June 6, 2024Standard inspection · 5 citations
  1. F
    Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
    F851 · Administration · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) June 29, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on staff interview and record review the facility failed to submit accurate payroll data, regarding 24-hour licenses nurse coverage, for 9 of 9 days reviewed (10/14/23, 10/28,23, 11/25/23, 11/26/23, 12/9/23, 12/16/23, 12/17/23, 12/23/23, 12/31/23) of the Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) report to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the 1st quarter in fiscal year 2024.
  2. E
    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
    F812 · Nutrition and Dietary · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) June 29, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations and staff interviews, the facility failed to discard expired food items, and label and date food available for resident use in 1 of 1 walk-in cooler and 1 of 4 reach-in coolers in the main kitchen, in 1 of 1 walk-in cooler and in 2 of 3 reach-in coolers in building 4 kitchen, and in 2 of 4 nourishment room refrigerators ([NAME] and blue bird pods' refrigerators) in the 3rd floor of building 4 where the nursing home residents resided. These practices had the potential to affect food and beverages served to the residents.
  3. E
    Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
    F883 · Infection Control · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) June 29, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and resident and staff interviews the facility failed to follow their policy on pneumococcal vaccine and offer up to date pneumonia vaccines to 5 of 5 residents reviewed for immunization status (Resident #3, Resident #8, Resident #9, Resident #12, and Resident #123).
  4. B
    Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
    F640 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for minimal harm, pattern · deficient, provider has June 29, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments were transmitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) database (Resident #1) and failed to electronically transmit to the Quality Improvement Evaluation System (QIES) Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) System, a 5 day assessment within 14 days of the completion date (Resident #16) for 2 of 9 residents reviewed for resident assessment. Findings Included: a. Resident #1 was admitted on [DATE]. The discharge MDS assessment dated [DATE] was signed as completed on 3/8/24. The facility's electronic medical record indicated the assessment had been transmitted and accepted to the CMS database. Review of the CMS database on 6/5/24 did not indicate this assessment had been accepted. An interview was conducted on 6/6/24 at 10:22 AM with MDS Nurse #1. [...]
  5. B
    Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
    F657 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for minimal harm, pattern · deficient, provider has June 29, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to review and revise the care plan in the area of falls for Resident # 2. This was for 1 of 9 residents reviewed for care plans.
February 9, 2023Standard inspection · 2 citations
  1. D
    Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
    F582 · Resident Rights · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 9, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBasedonrecordreviewandstaffinterviews thefacilityfailedtoprovidetheCentersforMedicare& MedicaidServices(CMS NoticeofMedicareNonCoverageLetter(NOMNC CMS10123 form for1 of3 sampledresidentsreviewedforbeneficiaryprotectionnotificationreview(Resident# 73).
  2. D
    Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
    F867 · Administration · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 9, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on staff interviews and record review, the facility's quality assurance (QA) process failed to implement, monitor, and revise as needed the action plan developed for the recertification surveys dated 10/7/21 in order to achieve and sustain compliance. This was for recited deficiency on a recertification survey on 2/9/23. The deficiency was in the area of Medicaid/Medicare Coverage/Liability Notice. The continued failure during one federal survey of record showed a pattern of the facility's inability to sustain an effective quality assurance program.

Fire safety inspections

8 fire safety citations on file: 7 on June 6, 2024, 1 on October 7, 2021.

Every fire safety citation8 citations
  1. F
    Have a battery powered remote alarm panel in a location accessible by operating personnel.
    K 916 · June 6, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. D
    Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
    K 324 · June 6, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  3. D
    Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
    K 345 · June 6, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  4. D
    Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
    K 351 · June 6, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  5. D
    Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
    K 353 · June 6, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  6. D
    Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
    K 372 · June 6, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  7. D
    Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
    K 918 · June 6, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  8. D
    Have elevators that firefighters can control in the event of a fire.
    K 531 · October 7, 2021 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)

Fines and payment denials

CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.

Staffing

Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.

MeasureThis homeNorth CarolinaUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)4.923.853.86
Registered nurses1.790.620.69
All nursing staff on weekends4.443.423.42
Nurse aides2.82
Licensed practical nurses0.31
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)35.1%49.0%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover36.4%45.6%42.9%
Administrators who leftnot reported

CMS expects 3.54 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.

Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records

Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 5.12 on weekdays and 4.44 on weekends, 13% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.0% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 5.84 in April to June 2025 to 4.92 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20264.921.795.124.44 0.0%0 of 9028
Oct to Dec 20256.212.246.435.65 0.0%0 of 9222
Jul to Sep 20256.131.946.385.52 0.0%0 of 9222
Apr to Jun 20255.841.886.035.35 0.0%0 of 9123
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
North Carolina, Jan to Mar 20263.650.533.823.258.0%0.7% of days

Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.

Staff pay reports

Staff pay at this home

No staff pay figure for this home has passed review yet. A figure appears only after at least 5 reports from at least 3 different people, sent over at least 60 days, have passed review. If you work here, your report helps start one.

Official wage estimates for North Carolina

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
North Carolina, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$18.49$17.28 to $21.0864,010
LPNs and LVNs$30.42$28.50 to $33.5118,010
Registered nurses$40.56$37.87 to $49.06111,120
United States, nursing care facilities
CNAs (nursing assistants)$20.67$17.91 to $22.55534,270
LPNs and LVNs$33.86$30.05 to $37.40188,210
Registered nurses$41.11$37.85 to $47.68142,270

Hourly wages; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS has no separate estimate for medication aides. These are survey estimates for whole occupations, not figures for any one home.

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Quality measures

The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.

MeasureThis homeNorth CarolinaUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
22.615.613.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
3.30.70.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
23.32.31.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.03.53.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.31.41.6
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
3.65.54.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.014.015.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
7.122.923.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
5.212.912.0

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Carol Woods's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it better than the national rate (59.4% of residents, after adjusting for how sick they were). How to read these, and what Medicare pays for.

Went home or back to the community

59.4% this home

Better than the national rate

US median of homes 51.5% · North Carolina: 93 better, 25 worse

Rate of successful return to home or community from a SNF (risk-standardized discharge to community rate). Higher is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 64 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

9.7% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · North Carolina: 1 better, 4 worse

Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNF (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 65 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

6.2% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · North Carolina: 1 better, 3 worse

Percentage of infections residents got during their SNF stay that resulted in hospitalization (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2023 to September 2024. 40 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

73.3% this home

Median of homes: North Carolina54.0% · US 56.6%

Percentage of residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 30 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

0.0% this home

Median of homes: North Carolina0.6% · US 0.0%

Percentage of SNF residents who experience one or more falls with major injury during their SNF stay. Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 34 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

0.0% this home

Median of homes: North Carolina2.5% · US 1.7%

Percentage of residents with pressure ulcers or pressure injuries that are new or worsened (adjusted rate). Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 34 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

88.9% this home

Median of homes: North Carolina97.5% · US 98.7%

Percentage of residents where the SNF provided a current medication list to the resident, family, and/or caregiver at final discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 27 residents counted.

Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program - Provider Data, released 2026-09-30. Better, no different and worse are CMS's own comparisons with the national rate, after adjusting for how sick residents were. Medians of homes and the state counts are worked out by us from the same file.

Owners and operators

Legal business name: THE CHAPEL HILL RESIDENTIAL RETIREMENT CENTER, INC..

NameRoleTypeShareSince
The Chapel Hill Residential Retirement Center, Inc.Direct ownership interestOrganization07/12/1972
Biesecker, TracyCorporate officerIndividual01/27/2025

As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.

Questions to ask on a visit

Chosen from this home's own inspection record.

  1. Who is the administrator and director of nursing, and how long have they been in the job?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on June 6, 2024: "Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data."
  2. When is the care plan meeting, and can family attend it?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on June 6, 2024: "Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment."
  3. Can we see a week of menus and the kitchen, and how are special diets handled?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on June 6, 2024: "Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards."
  4. What changed in infection control since the last inspection, and who on staff is the infection preventionist?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on June 6, 2024: "Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations."

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Common questions

What is Carol Woods's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Carol Woods 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 5 for staffing and 5 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Carol Woods get at its last inspection?
0 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on June 26, 2025. The North Carolina average is 4.7.
Has Carol Woods been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Carol Woods accept Medicaid?
CMS lists it as "Medicare", so it is not certified for Medicaid.
Who owns Carol Woods?
CMS lists 2 owners and managers. Legal business name: THE CHAPEL HILL RESIDENTIAL RETIREMENT CENTER, INC..

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