Nursing home
Raleigh Rehabilitation Center
616 Wade Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27605 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Sovereign Healthcare Holdings (43 facilities) · 157 certified beds
Raleigh Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Raleigh, North Carolina. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 3/5 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 Dec 19, 2024 cited 3 deficiencies.
- 3 fines totaling $77,760In 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 Raleigh 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) | 0.37 | 0.59 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.08 | 2.33 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 55.6% | 50.4% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 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 March 26, 2026 inspection was corrected by April 23, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 3 fines totaling $77,760, 3 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Raleigh 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
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 26, 2026 · 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 · Dec 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Actual 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 · Oct 12, 2023
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Actual harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Oct 12, 2023 - Potential for harm
Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Oct 12, 2023 - Potential for harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Oct 12, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 12, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Oct 12, 2023 - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 12, 2023 - 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 · Oct 12, 2023
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
- 616 Wade Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27605 - CMS certification #
- 345049
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 157
- Avg residents/day
- 140.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1972-10-01
- 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 Raleigh Rehabilitation Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2016, 8 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Raleigh 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.
Hospice Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 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.
- Mar 30, 2016: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Jun 9, 2016. 8 violations cited (5 serious, 3 other). Penalties: $4,400 proposed, $4,400 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 129718 - Raleigh Rehabilitation Center, LLC.
Details
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(iv)). Penalty $1,200 proposed, $1,200 now. To be fixed by May 25, 2016.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(v)). Penalty $1,200 proposed, $1,200 now. To be fixed by May 25, 2016.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(h)(2)(i)(a)). Penalty $1,200 proposed, $1,200 now. To be fixed by May 25, 2016.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(h)(2)(i)(c)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 25, 2016.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(h)(2)(i)(d)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 25, 2016.
- Other than serious: Annual summary of injuries and illnesses (1904.32(a)(2)). Penalty $800 proposed, $800 now. To be fixed by May 25, 2016.
- Other than serious: Keeping exit routes clear and marked (1910.37(b)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 25, 2016.
- Other than serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(e)(1)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 25, 2016.
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
- Rex Hospital, Raleigh. 3.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- The Cardinal at North Hills, Raleigh. 2.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Pruitthealth At Home - Wake, Raleigh. 1.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 27605 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care Central Raleigh, Raleigh, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Rock Quarry, Raleigh, 2.6 miles away, straight line
Fmc Wake Dialysis Clinic, Raleigh, 3.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 27605.
Heartland Hospice (Raleigh ), office in Raleigh, 3.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Transitions Lifecare, office in Raleigh, 5.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Duke Hospice, office in Durham, 15.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Unc Physicians Network Group Practices LLC, Raleigh. 2.6 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: very low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very 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 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 Raleigh Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Raleigh Rehabilitation Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Raleigh Rehabilitation Center staffed?
Raleigh Rehabilitation Center reports 3.59 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the North Carolina average of 3.78.
Has Raleigh Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Raleigh Rehabilitation Center have?
Raleigh Rehabilitation Center is certified for 157 beds.