Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent is a 92-bed for-profit nursing home in Morehead City, North Carolina, part of Century Care Management. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.07 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 12% below the North Carolina average of 2.34, and 38.2% nursing staff turnover (North Carolina average 49.0%).
Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent
4010 Bridges Street ExtensionMorehead City, NC 28557
Carteret 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 Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, nurse aides logged 2.07 hours per resident per day, 12% below the North Carolina average. With about 88 residents a day, that works out to roughly 181 aide hours a day, or about 23 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 18% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | North Carolina avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.07 | 2.34 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.00 | 0.89 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.71 | 3.83 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.04 | 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
38.2% of nursing staff at Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent 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 33.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 7, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (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. Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent holds 5 of 5 overall; the North Carolina average is 2.9.
About Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Century Care Management, 7 homes
- Legal name: Century Care of the Crystal Coast, Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 15, 1977
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Embassy at Morehead City Morehead City | 0.4 | 42 | — | — | — | — | None |
| Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Newport | 8.3 | 64 | 1.99 | 3.38 | 44.7% | 4 | None |
| Cherry Point Bay Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Havelock | 12.9 | 70 | 2.45 | 3.64 | 78.4% | 2 | $167,122 |
| PruittHealth-Crystal Coast Beaufort | 13.3 | 104 | 1.62 | 3.23 | 40.6% | 3 | $3,728 |
| Riverpoint Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center New Bern | 27.6 | 105 | 2.01 | 3.36 | 23.4% | 3 | None |
| Grantsbrook Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Grantsboro | 28.8 | 96 | 2.10 | 3.25 | 42.0% | 5 | None |
| PruittHealth-Trent New Bern | 31.9 | 116 | 2.04 | 3.38 | 17.6% | 1 | $16,152 |
| PruittHealth-Neuse New Bern | 32.1 | 110 | 1.64 | 2.80 | 38.0% | 2 | $88,115 |
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.