Nursing home
Summerstone Health and Rehabilitation Center
485 Veterans Way, Kernersville, NC 27284 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Liberty Senior Living (35 facilities) · 138 certified beds
Summerstone Health and Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Kernersville, North Carolina. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.46 hours per resident per day, below the North Carolina average of 3.78. Its most recent inspection on Jan 10, 2025 cited 10 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $14,511In 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 Summerstone Health and 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) | 3.46 | 3.78 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.32 | 0.59 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.28 | 2.33 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 67.3% | 50.4% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 10.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $14,511, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Summerstone Health and 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 care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jan 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 10, 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 · Jan 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jan 10, 2025 · 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 · Jan 10, 2025 · 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
- 485 Veterans Way
Kernersville, NC 27284 - CMS certification #
- 345039
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 138
- Avg residents/day
- 116.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1978-01-01
- 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 Summerstone Health and Rehabilitation Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Summerstone Health and 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 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.
Hospice and Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 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
- High Point Regional Health System, High Point. 11.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- North Carolina State Veterans Home Kernersville, Kernersville. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Centerwell Home Health, Kernersville. 1.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 27284 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Salem Kidney Center, Winston Salem, 6.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Triad Dialysis Center, High Point, 8.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Piedmont Dialysis Center, Winston Salem, 8.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 15 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 27284.
Trellis Supportive Care, office in Winston Salem, 11.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Hospice Of The Piedmont Inc, office in High Point, 12.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Authoracare Collective, office in Greensboro, 18.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem. 8.7 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors 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 very low, 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 | 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 Summerstone Health and Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Summerstone Health and Rehabilitation Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Summerstone Health and Rehabilitation Center staffed?
Summerstone Health and Rehabilitation Center reports 3.46 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the North Carolina average of 3.78.
Has Summerstone Health and Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 10 deficiencies.
How many beds does Summerstone Health and Rehabilitation Center have?
Summerstone Health and Rehabilitation Center is certified for 138 beds.