Nursing home
Autumn Care of Saluda
501 Esseola Circle, Saluda, NC 28773 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Saber Healthcare Group (126 facilities) · 99 certified beds
Autumn Care of Saluda is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Saluda, North Carolina. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.46 hours per resident per day, below the North Carolina average of 3.78. Its most recent inspection on Feb 14, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 1 fine totaling $16,801In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Autumn Care of Saluda 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) | 3.46 | 3.78 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.70 | 0.59 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.05 | 2.33 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 56.5% | 50.4% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $16,801, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Autumn Care of Saluda
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 8, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · May 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Immediate jeopardy
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · May 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 12, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Nov 1, 2023 - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Nov 1, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Nov 1, 2023
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 501 Esseola Circle
Saluda, NC 28773 - CMS certification #
- 345351
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 99
- Avg residents/day
- 88.7
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1991-03-01
- Chain
- Saber Healthcare Group (126 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Saber Healthcare Group
Saber Healthcare Group operates 126 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Saber Healthcare Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Autumn Care of Saluda using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2024, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Autumn Care of Saluda says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Feb 2, 2024: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed May 20, 2024. 3 violations cited (1 serious, 2 other). Penalties: $10,400 proposed, $7,200 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 155900 - Autumn Corporation.
Details
- Serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(4)(i)). Penalty $8,000 proposed, $5,540 now. To be fixed by Feb 23, 2024.
- Other than serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(7)(iv)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 23, 2024.
- Other than serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(b)(2)). Penalty $2,400 proposed, $1,660 now. To be fixed by Feb 23, 2024.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Advent Health Polk, Columbus. 7.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, Flat Rock. 5.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Pardee Home Care, Flat Rock. 5.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 5.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 28773 as metropolitan (metropolitan high commuting).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Hendersonville Dialysis Center, Hendersonville, 8.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Dci - Landrum, Landrum, 10.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 28773.
Hospice Of The Carolina Foothills, office in Saluda, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Four Seasons The Care You Trust, office in Flat Rock, 5.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Carepartners Hospice & Palliative Care Services, office in Asheville, 24.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Memorycare, Asheville. 20.4 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave very low, earthquake relatively 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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 Autumn Care of Saluda a good nursing home?
CMS gives Autumn Care of Saluda an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Autumn Care of Saluda staffed?
Autumn Care of Saluda reports 3.46 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the North Carolina average of 3.78.
Has Autumn Care of Saluda had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Autumn Care of Saluda have?
Autumn Care of Saluda is certified for 99 beds.