Nursing home
Carolina Rehab Center of Burke
3647 Miller Bridge Road, Connelly Spring, NC 28612 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Lifeworks Rehab (59 facilities) · 90 certified beds
Carolina Rehab Center of Burke is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Connelly Spring, North Carolina. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.74 hours per resident per day, below the North Carolina average of 3.78. Its most recent inspection on Aug 25, 2025 cited 4 deficiencies.
- 3 fines totaling $26,014In CMS records: 3 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Carolina Rehab Center of Burke 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) | 3.74 | 3.78 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.56 | 0.59 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.16 | 2.33 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 56.9% | 50.4% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 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: 3 fines totaling $26,014, 3 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Carolina Rehab Center of Burke
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 25, 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 · Aug 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Aug 25, 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 · Aug 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
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 · Aug 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Notify the appropriate authorities when residents with MD or ID services has a significant change in condition.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
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 · Aug 1, 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
- 3647 Miller Bridge Road
Connelly Spring, NC 28612 - CMS certification #
- 345526
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 90
- Avg residents/day
- 81.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2003-03-25
- Chain
- Lifeworks Rehab (59 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Lifeworks Rehab
Lifeworks Rehab operates 59 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Lifeworks Rehab facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Carolina Rehab Center of Burke using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2013
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Carolina Rehab Center of Burke says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Apartment types named: companion suite.
Whether staying in a private or a shared room, each is equipped with an ensuite bathroom with an easily accessible shower or tub.
(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.
- Findings for Jan 5, 2013 to Jan 4, 2015. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours). Employer as DOL recorded it: Carolina Rehab Center of Burke (Medical Facilities of North Carolina, Inc). Case 1737212.
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
- Frye Regional Medical Center, Hickory. 7.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- College Pines Health and Rehabilitation, Connelly Springs. 3.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Interim Healthcare Of The Tria, Hickory. 7.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 6.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 28612 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Catawba County Dialysis, Hickory, 9.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Of Hickory, Hickory, 9.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc Hickory Home Program, Hickory, 9.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 28612.
Carolina Caring, office in Newton, 11.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Amorem, office in Lenoir, 14.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Blue Ridge Healthcare Medical Group Inc, Connelly Springs. 4.1 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 relatively 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 | 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 Carolina Rehab Center of Burke a good nursing home?
CMS gives Carolina Rehab Center of Burke an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Carolina Rehab Center of Burke staffed?
Carolina Rehab Center of Burke reports 3.74 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the North Carolina average of 3.78.
Has Carolina Rehab Center of Burke had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Carolina Rehab Center of Burke have?
Carolina Rehab Center of Burke is certified for 90 beds.