Nursing home
Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center
1410 East Gaston Street, Lincolnton, NC 28092 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Sovereign Healthcare Holdings (43 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Lincolnton, North Carolina. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.59 hours per resident per day, below the North Carolina average of 3.78. Its most recent inspection on Jul 2, 2025 cited 4 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $71,117In 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 Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center 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) | 3.59 | 3.78 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.16 | 2.33 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 55.3% | 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.
- Every deficiency from the July 2, 2025 inspection was corrected by July 25, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $71,117, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center
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 activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 2, 2025 · 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 · Jul 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jul 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · May 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 13, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Actual harm
Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 13, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 13, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 13, 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 · Apr 13, 2024 · 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 · Apr 13, 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 · Apr 13, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 15, 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
- 1410 East Gaston Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092 - CMS certification #
- 345159
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 102.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1976-10-11
- Chain
- Sovereign Healthcare Holdings (43 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Sovereign Healthcare Holdings
Sovereign Healthcare Holdings operates 43 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Sovereign Healthcare Holdings facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice, 3 meals a day
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2021, 2 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center 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 15, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Patients that have been admitted to a hospital for a minimum of three nights may have the option for a short-term stay in our center to receive 24-hour Nursing care and Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy up to seven-days each week.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
My mother passed away two days ago with hospice care at her home, but we do feel that this facility was good to her in her final days !
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
He had three meals a day and the food was excellent.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Private/Semi Private Rooms
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
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.
- Jun 24, 2026: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case open. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 161444 - Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center, LLC.
- Aug 26, 2021: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Jan 25, 2022. 2 violations cited (2 other). Penalties: $975 proposed, $975 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 149949 - Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center, LLC.
Details
- Other than serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(g)(1)(ii)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Dec 13, 2021.
- Other than serious: COVID-19 rule for healthcare settings (1910.502(k)(1)(iii)). Penalty $975 proposed, $975 now. To be fixed by Dec 17, 2021.
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
- Atrium Health Lincoln, Lincolnton. 2.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- The Greens at Lincolnton, Lincolnton. 1.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Atrium Health At Home Lincoln, Lincolnton. 0.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 28092 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care Lincolnton, Lincolnton, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care-Newton, Newton, 12.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care North Gaston, Dallas, 12.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 11 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 28092.
Carolina Caring, office in Newton, 12.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Carolina Caring, office in Gastonia, 15.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Via Health Partners - Cleveland, office in Shelby, 19.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Carolina Physical Therapy Associates LLC, Denver. 12.8 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.
- 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 relatively 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 relatively 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 Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center staffed?
Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center reports 3.59 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the North Carolina average of 3.78.
Has Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center have?
Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center is certified for 120 beds.