Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Shaire Nursing Center
1450 Shaire Center Drive, Lenoir, NC 28645 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 60 certified beds
Shaire Nursing Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Lenoir, North Carolina. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.33 hours per resident per day, above the North Carolina average of 3.78. Its most recent inspection on Aug 13, 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 Shaire Nursing 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) | 4.33 | 3.78 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.79 | 0.59 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.44 | 2.33 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 37.5% | 50.4% | 46.4% | below avg |
| 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 August 13, 2025 inspection was corrected by September 5, 2025
What inspectors found at Shaire Nursing 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 and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Aug 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 11 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jul 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 3, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 3, 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 3, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 3, 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 · Mar 3, 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
- 1450 Shaire Center Drive
Lenoir, NC 28645 - CMS certification #
- 345483
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 60
- Avg residents/day
- 50.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1997-06-16
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Shaire Nursing Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says A memory care unit, works with hospice, transportation, 3 meals a day
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2003
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Shaire Nursing 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.
- Has a separate memory care unit, wing or neighborhood.
Between our Independent Living Apartments, Memory Care Unit, Assisted Living, Rehabilitation Facility, or Skilled Nursing Facility, Shaire Center offers whatever level of care is needed.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Yes, we provide transportation to medical/dental providers.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
Our Registered Dietitian and Dietary Managers plan and prepare three appetizing meals per day, with nutritional snacks being offered to help meet therapeutic dietary needs.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Oct 11, 2003 to Oct 8, 2005. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $7,484 owed to 19 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Shaire Center (Shaire Center Inc.). Case 1398044.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Lenoir. 3.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Hibriten Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, Lenoir. 3.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Adoration Home Health, Lenoir. 4.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Cajah Mountain Discount Drugs. 1.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 28645 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc - Bma Of Lenoir Inc, Lenoir, 3.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fmc Bma Of Burke County Inc, Morganton, 12.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 10 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 28645.
Amorem, office in Lenoir, 4.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Carolina Caring, office in Newton, 20.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Alexander Hospice, office in Taylorsville, 20.4 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Blue Ridge Healthcare Medical Group Inc, Connelly Springs. 7.3 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 moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively moderate. 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 | See above |
| 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 Shaire Nursing Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Shaire Nursing Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Shaire Nursing Center staffed?
Shaire Nursing Center reports 4.33 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the North Carolina average of 3.78.
Has Shaire Nursing Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Shaire Nursing Center have?
Shaire Nursing Center is certified for 60 beds.