Big Elm Retirement and Nursing Centers: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Big Elm Retirement and Nursing Centers is a 50-bed for-profit nursing home in Kannapolis, North Carolina. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.60 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 54% above the North Carolina average of 2.34, and 42.0% nursing staff turnover (North Carolina average 49.0%).
Big Elm Retirement and Nursing Centers
1285 West A StreetKannapolis, NC 28081
Rowan 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 Big Elm Retirement and Nursing Centers, nurse aides logged 3.60 hours per resident per day, 54% above the North Carolina average. With about 45 residents a day, that works out to roughly 163 aide hours a day, or about 20 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | North Carolina avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.60 | 2.34 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.10 | 3.83 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.27 | 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
42.0% of nursing staff at Big Elm Retirement and Nursing Centers 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 28.6%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 28, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 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. Big Elm Retirement and Nursing Centers holds 4 of 5 overall; the North Carolina average is 2.9.
About Big Elm Retirement and Nursing Centers
- Ownership: For profit - Individual
- Legal name: Senior Ventures & Management Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1991
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Big Elm Retirement and Nursing Centers
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Kannapolis Health and Rehabilitation Kannapolis | 3.8 | 107 | 2.16 | 3.30 | 52.9% | 2 | $34,690 |
| The Greens at Cabarrus Concord | 4.4 | 90 | 1.69 | 3.05 | 51.4% | 5 | None |
| Five Oaks Rehabilitation and Care Center Concord | 4.6 | 160 | 2.30 | 3.71 | 55.0% | 2 | $17,345 |
| Copperfield Health & Rehabilitation Concord · abuse citation | 5.1 | 120 | 1.87 | 3.18 | 64.1% | 1 | $73,983 |
| Cabarrus Health and Rehabilitation Center Concord · SFF candidate | 6.4 | 120 | 2.00 | 3.51 | 73.3% | 1 | $138,723 |
| The Gardens of Taylor Glen Retirement Community Concord | 7.0 | 8 | — | — | — | 4 | None |
| Liberty Commons Nsg and Rehab Ctr of Rowan County Salisbury | 9.7 | 90 | 1.87 | 3.17 | 27.9% | 3 | None |
| Crestview Health & Rehabilitation Mooresville · SFF candidate | 10.4 | 131 | 1.51 | 3.11 | 81.6% | 1 | $144,008 |
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.