Nursing home report
Highlands, NC · Medicare-certified · 80 beds
Eckerd Living Center has a 5 out of 5-star overall rating, with strong staffing and solid inspection and quality scores. Its reported nurse staffing is 4.48 hours per resident per day, above the federal benchmark of 4.1, and it had no fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
4.4793 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.4793.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
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
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 home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited February 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
The home failed to submit complete and accurate staffing information based on verifiable records. Cited September 2023 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 851 — 42 CFR §483.70 — S/S: F
The home failed to properly dispose of garbage and other waste. Cited February 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 814 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: E
The home failed to make sure residents fully understood their health status, care, and treatments. Cited April 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 552 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to provide the required notice or documentation about a resident’s needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policy. Cited April 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 628 — 42 CFR §483.15(c)(2) — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
