Grace Heights Health & Rehabilitation: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Grace Heights Health & Rehabilitation is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Morganton, North Carolina, part of Sanstone Health & Rehabilitation. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.60 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 11% above the North Carolina average of 2.34.
Grace Heights Health & Rehabilitation
109 Foothills DriveMorganton, NC 28655
Burke 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 Grace Heights Health & Rehabilitation, nurse aides logged 2.60 hours per resident per day, 11% above the North Carolina average. With about 95 residents a day, that works out to roughly 248 aide hours a day, or about 31 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | North Carolina avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.60 | 2.34 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.85 | 0.89 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.43 | 0.61 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.88 | 3.83 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.47 | 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
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Grace Heights Health & Rehabilitation in this release. 1 administrator left over the same period.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 23, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 0 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. Grace Heights Health & Rehabilitation holds 5 of 5 overall; the North Carolina average is 2.9.
About Grace Heights Health & Rehabilitation
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Sanstone Health & Rehabilitation, 18 homes
- Legal name: Grace Heights Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 1, 1980
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Grace Heights Health & Rehabilitation
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Magnolia Lane Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Morganton | 2.3 | 121 | 2.14 | 3.31 | 50.8% | 2 | None |
| Autumn Care of Drexel Morganton | 3.6 | 100 | 2.13 | 3.66 | 57.6% | 4 | $27,872 |
| College Pines Health and Rehabilitation Connelly Springs | 7.5 | 100 | 2.60 | 3.99 | 24.5% | 5 | $16,801 |
| Carolina Rehab Center of Burke Connelly Spring | 10.3 | 90 | 2.27 | 3.90 | 60.6% | 3 | $26,014 |
| Shaire Nursing Center Lenoir | 11.0 | 60 | 2.59 | 4.55 | 34.4% | 4 | None |
| Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation Granite Falls | 12.6 | 120 | 2.66 | 3.62 | 32.5% | 4 | $51,188 |
| Hibriten Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation Lenoir · abuse citation | 13.0 | 100 | 2.01 | 3.15 | 50.7% | 1 | $53,110 |
| Deer Park Health and Rehabilitation Nebo · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 14.1 | 140 | 2.26 | 3.41 | 78.5% | 1 | $273,467 |
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.