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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Nursing home report
NORTHERN REGIONAL HOSPITAL
MOUNT AIRY, NC · Medicare-certified · 33 beds
In good standing
Government-run
Data as of July 1, 2026
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 reports 4.79 nurse staffing hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, with $0 in fines over the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.7899 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 4.7899.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 1.72
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.30
- Nurse aides
- 2.77
- Weekend nursing
- 3.85
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 18%
Registered nurse turnover: 23%
Resident outcomes
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Negative outcomes
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
—7%—
Residents with a fall causing major injury
4%3.8%No change
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
10.1%6.8%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
8.3%4%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
5%19%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0%0%No change
Residents needing more help with daily activities
—15.5%—
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
—10.9%—
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
25%36.4%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%0%No change
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%0%No change
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
12.5%19.3%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
4.2%0%Improving
Positive outcomes
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
—100%—
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
96%96.2%No change
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
—92.9%—
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
95.8%70.7%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 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.