Nursing home
Walnut Cove Health and Rehabilitation
511 Windmill Street, Walnut Cove, NC 27052 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Consulate Health Care/Independence Living Centers/Nspire Healthcare/Raydiant Health Care (36 facilities) · 90 certified beds
Walnut Cove Health and Rehabilitation is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Walnut Cove, North Carolina. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 2.81 hours per resident per day, below the North Carolina average of 3.78. Its most recent inspection on Aug 21, 2025 cited 4 deficiencies.
- 3 fines totaling $40,149In 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 Walnut Cove Health and Rehabilitation 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) | 2.81 | 3.78 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.41 | 0.59 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.71 | 2.33 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 53.5% | 50.4% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 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: 3 fines totaling $40,149, 3 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Walnut Cove Health and Rehabilitation
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
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2025 · 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 · Aug 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 21, 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 · Dec 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Jul 15, 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 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jul 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jul 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jul 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Environmental Deficiencies · Jul 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 15, 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
- 511 Windmill Street
Walnut Cove, NC 27052 - CMS certification #
- 345089
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 90
- Avg residents/day
- 79.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1974-05-01
- Chain
- Consulate Health Care/Independence Living Centers/Nspire Healthcare/Raydiant Health Care (36 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Consulate Health Care/Independence Living Centers/Nspire Healthcare/Raydiant Health Care
Consulate Health Care/Independence Living Centers/Nspire Healthcare/Raydiant Health Care operates 36 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Consulate Health Care/Independence Living Centers/Nspire Healthcare/Raydiant Health Care facilities →
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Walnut Cove Health and Rehabilitation using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2021, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
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.
- Sep 9, 2021: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Feb 21, 2024. 3 violations cited (2 serious, 1 other). Penalties: $1,625 proposed, $1,625 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 150053 - Walnut Cove Healthcare, LLC.
Details
- Serious: Machine guarding (1910.212(a)(5)). Penalty $375 proposed, $375 now. To be fixed by Nov 4, 2021.
- Serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(b)(7)(i)). Penalty $1,250 proposed, $1,250 now. To be fixed by Nov 4, 2021.
- Other than serious: Electrical wiring methods and equipment (1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(b)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 4, 2021.
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
- Lifebrite Community Hospital Of Stokes, Danbury. 11.1 miles away, straight line. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Stokes County Nursing Home, Danbury. 9.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Centerwell Home Health, King. 12.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Stokes Pharmacy. 8.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 27052 as metropolitan (metropolitan high commuting).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- King Dialysis Center, King, 11.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Northside Dialysis Center, Winston Salem, 11.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Salem Kidney Center, Winston Salem, 14.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 11 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 27052.
Trellis Supportive Care, office in Winston Salem, 18.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Ancora Compassionate Care, office in Reidsville, 19.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Authoracare Collective, office in Greensboro, 24.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Physicians Eldercare Pa, Winston Salem. 12.8 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 low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave very 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Walnut Cove Health and Rehabilitation a good nursing home?
CMS gives Walnut Cove Health and Rehabilitation an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Walnut Cove Health and Rehabilitation staffed?
Walnut Cove Health and Rehabilitation reports 2.81 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the North Carolina average of 3.78.
Has Walnut Cove Health and Rehabilitation had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Walnut Cove Health and Rehabilitation have?
Walnut Cove Health and Rehabilitation is certified for 90 beds.