Nursing home
Carolina Care Health and Rehabilitation
111 Harrelson Street, Cherryville, NC 28021 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Sanstone Health & Rehabilitation (17 facilities) · 107 certified beds
Carolina Care Health and Rehabilitation is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Cherryville, North Carolina. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Its most recent inspection on Feb 27, 2025 cited 6 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Carolina Care Health and Rehabilitation 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) | — | 3.78 | 3.89 | — |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 0.59 | 0.68 | — |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 2.33 | 2.34 | — |
| Nursing staff turnover | 45.0% | 50.4% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 6.0 | 5.6 | 9.5 | above 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.
What inspectors found at Carolina Care Health and Rehabilitation
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
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate foot care.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 9 deficiencies
- Minimal
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 27, 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 · Jan 5, 2024 · 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 · Jan 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
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
- 111 Harrelson Street
Cherryville, NC 28021 - CMS certification #
- 345255
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 107
- Avg residents/day
- 102.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1986-08-19
- Chain
- Sanstone Health & Rehabilitation (17 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Sanstone Health & Rehabilitation
Sanstone Health & Rehabilitation operates 17 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Sanstone Health & Rehabilitation facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Carolina Care Health and Rehabilitation using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Transportation, pets allowed, couples welcome
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Carolina Care Health and Rehabilitation says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Provides transportation.
Transportation services to get you to a doctor’s visit
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Yes, we allow pets to visit with prior approval of the facility administrator.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Couples welcome.
SanStone also accommodates couples by offering care in the same room.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, cottage or villa.
Carolina Care also features private rooms, independent living cottages and apartments, a newly renovated gym, and rehabilitation services, including physical, occupational, and speech therapy, wound care, and more.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Smoke-free.
No, we are a tobacco-free facility.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Atrium Health Cleveland, Shelby. 10.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Peak Resources-Cherryville, Cherryville. 2.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Atrium Health At Home Cleveland, Shelby. 9.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Tas Drug. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 28021 as small town (small town core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care Lincolnton, Lincolnton, 10.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Dci Shelby Inc, Shelby, 10.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Dci - Kings Mountain, Kings Mountain, 10.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 6 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 28021.
Via Health Partners - Cleveland, office in Shelby, 9.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Carolina Caring, office in Gastonia, 17.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Carolina Caring, office in Newton, 18.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Comprehab, Inc, Gastonia. 16.9 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: very low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, 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 | 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 Carolina Care Health and Rehabilitation a good nursing home?
CMS gives Carolina Care Health and Rehabilitation an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
Has Carolina Care Health and Rehabilitation had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Carolina Care Health and Rehabilitation have?
Carolina Care Health and Rehabilitation is certified for 107 beds.