Deer Park Health and Rehabilitation

306 Deer Park Road, Nebo, NC 28761 · (828) 652-3032
For profit - Limited Liability company · 140 certified beds

Deer Park Health and Rehabilitation has a 1-star overall rating from Medicare, out of 5. Its last standard inspection, in June 2025, found 17 citations, 3 for actual harm or immediate jeopardy (the North Carolina average is 4.7). It was fined 5 times in the last three years, $273,467 in all.

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Most recent health inspection

The standard health inspection on June 24, 2025 found 17 citations. What an inspection citation means

• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.June 24, 2025 · F0684 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.June 24, 2025 · F0689 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Few
• Provide or obtain x-rays/tests when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.June 24, 2025 · F0777 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.June 24, 2025 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.June 24, 2025 · F0695 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.June 24, 2025 · F0757 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.June 24, 2025 · F0803 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• 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.June 24, 2025 · F0809 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.June 24, 2025 · F0812 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.June 24, 2025 · F0880 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.June 24, 2025 · F0602 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.June 24, 2025 · F0641 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.June 24, 2025 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.June 24, 2025 · F0698 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.June 24, 2025 · F0759 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.June 24, 2025 · F0760 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.June 24, 2025 · F0761 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few

Complaint inspections, last three years

Inspections after complaints found 25 citations.

• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.August 14, 2025 · F0580 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Few
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.August 14, 2025 · F0600 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.August 14, 2025 · F0684 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Few
• Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.June 24, 2025 · F0602 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.June 24, 2025 · F0684 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.June 24, 2025 · F0689 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Few
• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.June 24, 2025 · F0695 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.June 24, 2025 · F0698 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.June 24, 2025 · F0757 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.June 24, 2025 · F0759 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• 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.June 24, 2025 · F0809 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.August 16, 2024 · F0689 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.July 2, 2024 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.April 25, 2024 · F0561 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• 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.April 25, 2024 · F0584 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.April 25, 2024 · F0600 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Few
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.April 25, 2024 · F0609 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.April 25, 2024 · F0684 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.April 25, 2024 · F0689 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.April 25, 2024 · F0756 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.April 25, 2024 · F0758 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.April 25, 2024 · F0761 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.April 25, 2024 · F0812 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.April 25, 2024 · F0867 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Keep all essential equipment working safely.April 25, 2024 · F0908 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some

Fines and payment denials

• Fine of $8,672June 24, 2025
• Fine of $8,673June 24, 2025
• Fine of $175,643June 24, 2025
• Fine of $16,801July 2, 2024
• Fine of $63,678April 25, 2024

Nurse staffing

Hours of nursing care per resident per day, as the home reports them to Medicare through payroll records.

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