Nursing home
Trinity Elms, Fair Oaks Drive
7449 Fair Oaks Drive, Clemmons, NC 27012 · Map
Non profit - Church related · Part of Lutheran Services Carolinas (9 facilities) · 100 certified beds
Trinity Elms, Fair Oaks Drive is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Clemmons, North Carolina. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.28 hours per resident per day, above the North Carolina average of 3.78. Its most recent inspection on Jan 17, 2025 cited 5 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $15,646In CMS records: 2 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Trinity Elms, Fair Oaks Drive 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) | 4.28 | 3.78 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.63 | 0.59 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.85 | 2.33 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 46.3% | 50.4% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 5.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $15,646, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Trinity Elms, Fair Oaks Drive
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 appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · 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 · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - 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 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Administration Deficiencies · Jan 17, 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 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 17, 2025 · 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 · Aug 20, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
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 · Aug 20, 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
- 7449 Fair Oaks Drive
Clemmons, NC 27012 - CMS certification #
- 345565
- Ownership
- Non profit - Church related
- Certified beds
- 100
- Avg residents/day
- 85.7
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2014-11-13
- Chain
- Lutheran Services Carolinas (9 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Lutheran Services Carolinas
Lutheran Services Carolinas operates 9 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Lutheran Services Carolinas facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Trinity Elms, Fair Oaks Drive using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, transportation
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2024, 1 violation cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Trinity Elms, Fair Oaks Drive says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
The community provides round-the-clock skilled nursing care and physician coverage, ensuring residents receive personalized attention tailored to their needs.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Convenient transportation services for appointments and outings
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Private and semi-private rooms with private bathrooms and showers
(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.
- Nov 5, 2024: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case open. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 157766 - Lutheran Home - Forsyth County, INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 1910.159(c)(10). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Dec 20, 2024.
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
- Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem. 6.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Cedar Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, Clemmons. 0.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Well Care Home Health Of The Triad Inc, Advance. 1.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 27012 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Highland Oaks Dialysis Center, Winston Salem, 6.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
North Davidson Dialysis Center Of Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, 7.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Miller Street Dialysis Center, Winston Salem, 8.7 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 10 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 27012.
Well Care Hospice, Inc., office in Advance, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Trellis Supportive Care, office in Winston Salem, 6.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Hospice Of The Piedmont Inc, office in High Point, 21.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Bermuda Run. 2.6 miles away, straight line. 4 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 moderate, 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 | 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 Trinity Elms, Fair Oaks Drive a good nursing home?
CMS gives Trinity Elms, Fair Oaks Drive an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Trinity Elms, Fair Oaks Drive staffed?
Trinity Elms, Fair Oaks Drive reports 4.28 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the North Carolina average of 3.78.
Has Trinity Elms, Fair Oaks Drive had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does Trinity Elms, Fair Oaks Drive have?
Trinity Elms, Fair Oaks Drive is certified for 100 beds.