Nursing home
Carrington Place of Tappahannock
1150 Marsh Street, Tappahannock, VA 22560 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 60 certified beds
Carrington Place of Tappahannock is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Tappahannock, Virginia. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.34 hours per resident per day, below the Virginia average of 3.81. Its most recent inspection on Jul 15, 2024 cited 17 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $31,445In 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 Carrington Place of Tappahannock compares
This facility vs. the Virginia and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Virginia avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.34 | 3.81 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.32 | 0.69 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.20 | 2.12 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 53.6% | 48.4% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 17.0 | 14.5 | 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 July 15, 2024 inspection was corrected by August 30, 2024
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $31,445, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Carrington Place of Tappahannock
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 · Jul 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Jul 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Jul 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Administration Deficiencies · Jul 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jul 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 15, 2024 · 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 · Jul 15, 2024 · 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 · Jul 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.
Administration Deficiencies · Jul 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jul 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide training in compliance and ethics.
Administration 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
- 1150 Marsh Street
Tappahannock, VA 22560 - CMS certification #
- 495328
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 60
- Avg residents/day
- 51.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1998-05-01
- Setting
- Rural
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2021
Full public records, with dates and sources
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 Sep 5, 2021 to Sep 2, 2023. Violations found: Wages on federal service contracts. Back wages: $489 owed to 1 employee. Employer as DOL recorded it: Carrington Place of Tappahannock (Essex Rehabilitation & Care Center LLC). Case 1984664.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Jan 24, 2007.
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
- Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital, Tappahannock. 1.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Northern Neck Senior Care Community, Warsaw. 5.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Riverside Home Health, Warsaw. 6.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 5.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 22560 as rural (rural area).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Tappahannock Dialysis Center, Tappahannock, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Usrc Warsaw, Warsaw, 6.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 15 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 22560.
Hospice Of Virginia, office in Tappahannock, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Riverside Hospice, office in Warsaw, 6.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Legacy Care Aco LLC, Mechanicsville. 33.0 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 high, inland flooding relatively low, coastal 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 | 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Carrington Place of Tappahannock a good nursing home?
CMS gives Carrington Place of Tappahannock an overall rating of 1 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 Carrington Place of Tappahannock staffed?
Carrington Place of Tappahannock reports 3.34 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Virginia average of 3.81.
Has Carrington Place of Tappahannock had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 17 deficiencies.
How many beds does Carrington Place of Tappahannock have?
Carrington Place of Tappahannock is certified for 60 beds.