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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

Medicare and Medicaid certified
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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.

3 out of 5Overall CMS rating
2 out of 5Health inspections
2 out of 5Staffing
120 bedsCertified beds
  • 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.

Overall rating3/5
Health inspections2/5
Staffing2/5
Quality measures5/5
Long-stay quality5/5
Short-stay quality5/5

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.

MetricThis facilityNorth Carolina avgNational avgCompared with the state
Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day)3.593.783.89below avg
RN staffing (hrs/resident/day)0.640.590.68above avg
Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day)2.162.332.34below avg
Nursing staff turnover55.3%50.4%46.4%above avg
Deficiencies cited, last inspection4.05.69.5below avg

Staffing

Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.

3.59Total nurse hrs/resident/day
0.64RN hrs/resident/day
0.78LPN hrs/resident/day
2.16Aide hrs/resident/day
3.12Weekend nurse hrs/resident/day

Staff turnover

Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.

Total nursing staff55.3%
Registered nurses40.0%
Administrator changes1 in last year

Recent health inspection

CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.

Jul 2, 2025Most recent inspection
4Deficiencies found
20Health inspection score
1Fines
  • 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)
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  • 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 →

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Location and nearby

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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.

SourceData as ofWhat we found
U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour casesOct 15, 2026Nothing on record
OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016Oct 15, 2026See above
Hurricane evacuation zone mapsNot in a mapped zone
FEMA flood mapSee above
USDA wildfire riskApr 15, 2026Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low
FEMA National Risk IndexSee above
CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmaciesSee above
HUD Multifamily Properties - AssistedJul 6, 2026Nothing on record
State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory)Sep 20, 2026Nothing on record
CMS Hospice - General InformationAug 19, 2026Nothing on record
CMS Home Health Care AgenciesMay 27, 2026Nothing on record
The community’s own websiteSee 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.