Nursing home report
Ash, NC · Medicare-certified · 100 beds
Brunswick Health & Rehab Center in Ash, NC has a 1-star overall rating, with 1-star health inspection results and staffing below the federal benchmark (3.47 vs. 4.1 hours per resident day). It also has $239,674 in fines over the last 24 months and a recent federal penalty; cited issues included treatment and care orders, delegation of physician tasks, and pain management.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.4681 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.4681.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The nursing home failed to provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited February 2025 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: J
The home failed to ensure the doctor properly assigned and delegated tasks to the physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist. Cited February 2025 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 714 — 42 CFR §483.30 — S/S: J
The home failed to provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who needed it. Cited April 2026 — isolated incident, actual harm.
F-Tag 697 — 42 CFR §483.25(k) — S/S: G
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited February 2025 — isolated incident, actual harm.
F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: G
The nursing home failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect by others. Cited November 2023 — isolated incident, actual harm.
F-Tag 600 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: G
A federal fine of $66,120 was recorded.
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 7 health deficiencies.
A federal fine of $173,554 was recorded.
Health inspection found 12 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 9 health deficiencies.
On record with Medicare: 4 fines · $252,827 in total fines.
Federal fine
Apr 9, 2026
Federal fine
Feb 18, 2025
Federal fine
Aug 21, 2023
Federal fine
Aug 21, 2023
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
