Bear Mountain Health and Rehabilitation: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Bear Mountain Health and Rehabilitation is a 77-bed for-profit nursing home in Asheville, North Carolina, part of Ascent Healthcare Management. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.21 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% below the North Carolina average of 2.34, and 60.5% nursing staff turnover (North Carolina average 49.0%).
Bear Mountain Health and Rehabilitation
500 Beaverdam RoadAsheville, NC 28804
Buncombe County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Bear Mountain Health and Rehabilitation, nurse aides logged 2.21 hours per resident per day, 5% below the North Carolina average. With about 65 residents a day, that works out to roughly 145 aide hours a day, or about 18 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | North Carolina avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.21 | 2.34 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.58 | 0.89 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.49 | 0.61 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.28 | 3.83 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.83 | 3.40 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
60.5% of nursing staff at Bear Mountain Health and Rehabilitation left over the year CMS measured, against a North Carolina average of 49.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 55.6%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 9, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (North Carolina average 4.8). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Bear Mountain Health and Rehabilitation holds 3 of 5 overall; the North Carolina average is 2.9.
About Bear Mountain Health and Rehabilitation
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Ascent Healthcare Management, 6 homes
- Legal name: Asheville Beaverdam NC Opco LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Bear Mountain Health and Rehabilitation
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Emerald Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Asheville | 2.8 | 100 | 2.00 | 3.06 | 35.8% | 1 | $73,475 |
| River Bend Health and Rehabilitation Asheville · abuse citation | 3.7 | 100 | 1.60 | 3.13 | 86.4% | 1 | $147,579 |
| The Laurels of Summit Ridge Asheville | 4.3 | 68 | 2.34 | 4.17 | 38.2% | 4 | None |
| Elevate Health and Rehabilitation Asheville | 4.7 | 120 | 2.28 | 3.25 | 72.8% | 1 | $174,346 |
| The Greens at Weaverville Weaverville | 4.8 | 122 | 1.92 | 3.59 | 66.9% | 4 | None |
| The Laurels Of Greentree Ridge Asheville | 5.4 | 90 | 2.12 | 3.72 | 40.8% | 5 | None |
| StoneCreek Health and Rehabilitation Asheville | 5.5 | 120 | 2.29 | 3.30 | 47.6% | 3 | $38,431 |
| Swannanoa Valley Health and Rehabilitation Swannanoa | 6.0 | 106 | 2.17 | 3.22 | 57.8% | 3 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.