Brook Stone Living Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Brook Stone Living Center is a 80-bed for-profit nursing home in Pollocksville, North Carolina. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.97 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 16% below the North Carolina average of 2.34, and 38.6% nursing staff turnover (North Carolina average 49.0%).
Brook Stone Living Center
8990 Highway 17 SouthPollocksville, NC 28573
Jones 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 Brook Stone Living Center, nurse aides logged 1.97 hours per resident per day, 16% below the North Carolina average. With about 67 residents a day, that works out to roughly 131 aide hours a day, or about 16 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 17% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: The facility reported a high number of days without a registered nurse on site.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | North Carolina avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.97 | 2.34 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.90 | 0.89 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.36 | 0.61 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.23 | 3.83 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.70 | 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
38.6% of nursing staff at Brook Stone Living Center 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 42.9%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 4, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (North Carolina average 4.8). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $18,600 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2023 | Fine | $18,600 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Brook Stone Living Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the North Carolina average is 2.9.
About Brook Stone Living Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Am Health Care Services, Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 2, 1991
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Brook Stone Living Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| PruittHealth-Neuse New Bern | 11.8 | 110 | 1.64 | 2.80 | 38.0% | 2 | $88,115 |
| PruittHealth-Trent New Bern | 11.8 | 116 | 2.04 | 3.38 | 17.6% | 1 | $16,152 |
| Bayview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center New Bern | 11.9 | 60 | 3.03 | 4.63 | 43.1% | 4 | None |
| Riverpoint Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center New Bern | 12.6 | 105 | 2.01 | 3.36 | 23.4% | 3 | None |
| Premier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Jacksonville | 19.0 | 239 | 2.02 | 3.22 | 48.5% | 3 | $51,984 |
| Carolina Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Jacksonville | 20.2 | 120 | 2.22 | 3.57 | 65.5% | 4 | $4,271 |
| Cherry Point Bay Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Havelock | 20.9 | 70 | 2.45 | 3.64 | 78.4% | 2 | $167,122 |
| Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Newport | 24.3 | 64 | 1.99 | 3.38 | 44.7% | 4 | 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.