Nursing home
Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation
100 Sunset Street, Granite Falls, NC 28630 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Sanstone Health & Rehabilitation (17 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Granite Falls, North Carolina. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.15 hours per resident per day, below the North Carolina average of 3.78. Its most recent inspection on May 21, 2025 cited 2 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $51,188In 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 Hickory Falls 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) | 3.15 | 3.78 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.38 | 0.59 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.27 | 2.33 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 34.8% | 50.4% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 2.0 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the May 21, 2025 inspection was corrected by May 23, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $51,188, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Hickory Falls 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
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 21, 2025 · 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 31, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Sep 20, 2022 - 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 · Sep 20, 2022
Show all 9 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Sep 20, 2022 - 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 · Sep 20, 2022 - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 20, 2022 - Minimal
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 20, 2022
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
- 100 Sunset Street
Granite Falls, NC 28630 - CMS certification #
- 345246
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 114.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1985-12-03
- 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 Hickory Falls 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 Hickory Falls 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.
Hickory Falls also features private rooms, a Nurse Practitioner who is onsite five days a week, 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
- 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. 5.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Interim Healthcare Of The Tria, Hickory. 7.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 2.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 28630 as metropolitan (metropolitan high commuting).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc - Bma Of Lenoir Inc, Lenoir, 7.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Catawba County Dialysis, Hickory, 9.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc Hickory Home Program, Hickory, 9.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 28630.
Amorem, office in Lenoir, 9.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Carolina Caring, office in Newton, 14.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Blue Ridge Healthcare Medical Group Inc, Connelly Springs. 5.6 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 low, 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 | 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 Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation a good nursing home?
CMS gives Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation staffed?
Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation reports 3.15 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the North Carolina average of 3.78.
Has Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation have?
Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation is certified for 120 beds.