Nursing home
Brightwood Center
840 Lee Road, Follansbee, WV 26037 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Genesis Healthcare (193 facilities) · 115 certified beds
Brightwood Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Follansbee, West Virginia. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.04 hours per resident per day, below the West Virginia average of 3.69. Its most recent inspection on May 27, 2025 cited 23 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight and it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- Special Focus Facility candidateCMS lists this facility as a candidate for enhanced oversight.
- 1 fine totaling $65,274In CMS records: 2 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Brightwood Center compares
This facility vs. the West Virginia and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | West Virginia avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.04 | 3.69 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.80 | 0.71 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.49 | 2.07 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 57.4% | 43.1% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 23.0 | 13.8 | 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 May 27, 2025 inspection was corrected by August 14, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $65,274, 2 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Brightwood Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- 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 · May 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Administration Deficiencies · May 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · May 27, 2025 · 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 · May 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Environmental Deficiencies · May 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 27, 2025 · 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 · May 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · May 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · May 27, 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 · May 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · May 27, 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
- 840 Lee Road
Follansbee, WV 26037 - CMS certification #
- 515128
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 115
- Avg residents/day
- 99.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1994-04-19
- Chain
- Genesis Healthcare (193 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Genesis Healthcare
Genesis Healthcare operates 193 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Genesis Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Brightwood Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice, transportation, pets allowed
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2018, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Brightwood 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 24-hour comprehensive nursing services offer wound care, dementia care and IV therapy.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Coordinated transportation
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Pets Permitted
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Private and Semi-Private Rooms
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Smoke-free.
Smoke free environment
(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.
- Dec 6, 2018: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Feb 28, 2019. 3 violations cited (3 serious). Penalties: $12,934 proposed, $9,100 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 840 Lee Road Operations LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Abrasive wheel machinery (1910.215(a)(4)). Penalty $7,391 proposed, $5,200 now. To be fixed by Feb 6, 2019.
- Serious: Abrasive wheel machinery (1910.215(b)(9)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 6, 2019.
- Serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(g)(1)(ii)). Penalty $5,543 proposed, $3,900 now. To be fixed by Feb 6, 2019.
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
- Trinity Medical Ctr East &Trinity Medical Ctr West, Steubenville. 3.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Wellsburg Healthcare Center, Wellsburg. 3.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Trinity Home Health, Steubenville. 3.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 3.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 26037 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Steubenville Home Training Center, Steubenville, 4.5 miles away, straight line
Davita Steubenville Dialysis, Steubenville, 4.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Weirton, Weirton, 7.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 4 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 26037.
Valley Hospice Inc, office in Rayland, 11.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Valley Hospice, Incorporated, office in Wheeling, 17.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- University Of Pittsburgh Physicians, Mc Murray. 24.6 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 low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very 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 |
| 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 Brightwood Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Brightwood Center an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Brightwood Center staffed?
Brightwood Center reports 3.04 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the West Virginia average of 3.69.
Has Brightwood Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 23 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Brightwood Center have?
Brightwood Center is certified for 115 beds.