Nursing home
Trinity Grove
631 Junction Creek Drive, Wilmington, NC 28412 · Map
Non profit - Church related · Part of Lutheran Services Carolinas (9 facilities) · 100 certified beds
Trinity Grove is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Wilmington, North Carolina. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.36 hours per resident per day, above the North Carolina average of 3.78. Its most recent inspection on Sep 18, 2025 cited 5 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 4 fines totaling $137,770In CMS records: 4 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Trinity Grove 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) | 4.36 | 3.78 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.96 | 0.59 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.69 | 2.33 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 45.8% | 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: 4 fines totaling $137,770, 4 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Trinity Grove
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Sep 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Sep 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
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 · Sep 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Actual harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Oct 10, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Oct 10, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Oct 10, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Aug 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Aug 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Jul 13, 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
- 631 Junction Creek Drive
Wilmington, NC 28412 - CMS certification #
- 345554
- Ownership
- Non profit - Church related
- Certified beds
- 100
- Avg residents/day
- 93.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2011-06-29
- 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 Grove using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says A memory care unit, nurse 24 hours a day, transportation, secured outdoor area
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation Zone A; in FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AE)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Trinity Grove 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.
The memory care neighborhood at
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
short-stay guests and long-term residents will find 24-hour skilled nursing care and physician coverage, state-of-the-art rehabilitation services, and specialized memory care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Transportation services
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Has a secured outdoor area.
In addition to specially trained staff, the neighborhood has secure courtyard and garden areas, as well as other safeguards to protect those at risk of wandering.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Other features include private and semi-private rooms with private baths, a state-of-the-art therapy gym, buffet or restaurant-style dining, an Internet café, a chapel, and more.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington. 4.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Autumn Care of Myrtle Grove, Wilmington. 1.0 mile away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Well Care Home Health, Wilmington. 7.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- King's Pharmacy & Compounding Lab. 4.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 28412 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita New Hanover, Wilmington, 3.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Sedc Wilmington Dialysis Center, Wilmington, 4.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Leland Dialysis Center, Leland, 9.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 6 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 28412.
Lower Cape Fear Lifecare, office in Wilmington, 4.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Liberty Home Care And Hospice, office in Wilmington, 7.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Kavita Persaud, MD, Wilmington. 5.4 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.
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zone A on the North Carolina Know Your Zone evacuation zones. (North Carolina Emergency Management, map updated Jun 5, 2026)
- Flood zone
- Zone AE: 1% annual chance flood area (high risk); base flood elevation set; inside the regulatory floodway. This is inside FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, where flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very high. By hazard: hurricane very high, inland flooding relatively high, coastal flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively moderate, 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 | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively 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 Grove a good nursing home?
CMS gives Trinity Grove an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Trinity Grove staffed?
Trinity Grove reports 4.36 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the North Carolina average of 3.78.
Has Trinity Grove had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does Trinity Grove have?
Trinity Grove is certified for 100 beds.