The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited March 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
Nursing home report
NORTHERN REGIONAL HOSPITAL
MOUNT AIRY, NC · Medicare-certified · 33 beds
In good standing
Government-run
5 of 5 overall
Northern Regional Hospital in Mount Airy, NC has an overall 5-star rating, with 5 stars for health inspections and staffing and 4 stars for quality measures. It reported 4.73 nurse staffing hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, had $0 in fines over the last 24 months, and had a recent inspection citation related to food sourcing, storage, preparation, and service standards.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.7259 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: March 28, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.7259.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 1.65
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.32
- Nurse aides
- 2.75
- Weekend nursing
- 4.05
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 31%
Registered nurse turnover: 9%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
5.7%Steady
Residents with a fall causing major injury
2.8%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
9.5%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
6.9%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
6.6%Steady
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
18.6%Steady
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
12.5%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
31.2%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.9%Worsening
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
18.5%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
7.9%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
97.2%Improving
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
92.9%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
91.5%Worsening
What the inspectors found
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Government - Hospital district
- Occupancy
- 31.1 residents on an average day (94% of 33 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 38 years
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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.