Nursing home
Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center of Southport
630 Fodale Avenue, Southport, NC 28461 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Liberty Senior Living (35 facilities) · 99 certified beds
Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center of Southport is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Southport, North Carolina. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.72 hours per resident per day, below the North Carolina average of 3.78. Its most recent inspection on May 1, 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 Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center of Southport 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) | 3.72 | 3.78 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.68 | 0.59 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.00 | 2.33 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 50.4% | 46.4% | — |
| 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.
- Every deficiency from the November 19, 2025 inspection was corrected by November 25, 2025
What inspectors found at Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center of Southport
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 appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 19, 2025 · 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 · May 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Administration Deficiencies · May 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · May 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 1, 2025 · 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 · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · 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 · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 7, 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
- 630 Fodale Avenue
Southport, NC 28461 - CMS certification #
- 345373
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 99
- Avg residents/day
- 67.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1991-05-31
- Chain
- Liberty Senior Living (35 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Liberty Senior Living
Liberty Senior Living operates 35 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Liberty Senior Living facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center of Southport using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation Zone B
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center of Southport says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Our registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants provide round-the-clock care for both short-term and extended stays.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Conveniently located in the heart of Southport next to Dosher Memorial Hospital, Southport Health and Rehabilitation Center provides a complete continuum of care, including short-term rehabilitation, skilled nursing, long-term living, assisted living, outpatient therapy, hospice care, palliative care and respite care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Spacious Private and Semi-Private Suites
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital, Southport. 0.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Brunswick Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Bolivia. 14.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Well Care Home Health Of Brunswickco, Inc, Supply. 15.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 2.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 28461 as small town (small town core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Southport Dialysis Center, Southport, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 28461.
Lower Cape Fear Lifecare, office in Wilmington, 19.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Liberty Home Care And Hospice, office in Wilmington, 23.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Kavita Persaud, MD, Wilmington. 21.8 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.
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zone B on the North Carolina Know Your Zone evacuation zones. (North Carolina Emergency Management, map updated Jun 5, 2026)
- 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)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Southport, NC, risk to homes is greater than 98% of communities in North Carolina and 89% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very high, inland flooding relatively low, coastal flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado relatively low, 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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center of Southport a good nursing home?
CMS gives Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center of Southport an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center of Southport staffed?
Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center of Southport reports 3.72 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the North Carolina average of 3.78.
Has Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center of Southport had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center of Southport have?
Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center of Southport is certified for 99 beds.