Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Hillcrest Convalescent Center
1417 W Pettigrew Street, Durham, NC 27705 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 86 certified beds
Hillcrest Convalescent Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Durham, North Carolina. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 5.55 hours per resident per day, above the North Carolina average of 3.78. Its most recent inspection on Feb 21, 2025 cited 0 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Hillcrest Convalescent Center compares
This facility vs. the North Carolina and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | North Carolina avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 5.55 | 3.78 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.25 | 0.59 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.43 | 2.33 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 36.5% | 50.4% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 0.0 | 5.6 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
About this facility
- Address
- 1417 W Pettigrew Street
Durham, NC 27705 - CMS certification #
- 345001
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 86
- Avg residents/day
- 78.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1967-01-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says 3 meals a day
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Hillcrest Convalescent Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- 3 meals a day.
Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Mar 28, 2008.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Duke University Hospital, Durham. 1.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Pettigrew Rehabilitation Center, Durham. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Centerwell Home Health, Durham. 1.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Main Street Pharmacy. 1.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 27705 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc West Pettigrew Dialysis Center, Durham, 0.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Davita Durham Dialysis, Durham, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Durham Regional Dialysis, Durham, 2.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 13 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 27705.
Duke Hospice, office in Durham, 5.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Unc Hospice, office in Chapel Hill, 8.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Transitions Lifecare, office in Raleigh, 16.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Duke Health Integrated Practice, Inc, Durham. 1.1 miles away, straight line. 9 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding very low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Hillcrest Convalescent Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Hillcrest Convalescent Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Hillcrest Convalescent Center staffed?
Hillcrest Convalescent Center reports 5.55 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the North Carolina average of 3.78.
Has Hillcrest Convalescent Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 0 deficiencies.
How many beds does Hillcrest Convalescent Center have?
Hillcrest Convalescent Center is certified for 86 beds.