Premier Living and Rehab Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Premier Living and Rehab Center is a 127-bed for-profit nursing home in Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.27 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% below the North Carolina average of 2.34.
Premier Living and Rehab Center
106 Cameron StreetLake Waccamaw, NC 28450
Columbus County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
Special Focus Facility candidate. CMS lists this home as a candidate for its Special Focus Facility program, which is for nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues.
Cited for abuse or neglect. CMS marks this home with its abuse icon: it was cited for abuse or neglect that caused harm on its most recent inspection cycle, or for abuse or neglect with potential for harm on each of its last two cycles.
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Premier Living and Rehab Center, nurse aides logged 2.27 hours per resident per day, 3% below the North Carolina average. With about 67 residents a day, that works out to roughly 153 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | North Carolina avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.27 | 2.34 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.45 | 0.61 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.60 | 3.83 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.28 | 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 Premier Living and Rehab Center in this release.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 26, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 20 health deficiencies (North Carolina average 4.8). CMS lists 2 fines totaling $383,791 and 2 payment denials in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2025 | Fine | $116,751 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Payment Denial | 21 days from Jul 25, 2025 |
| Jul 2, 2024 | Fine | $267,040 |
| Jul 2, 2024 | Payment Denial | 45 days from Aug 1, 2024 |
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. Premier Living and Rehab Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the North Carolina average is 2.9.
About Premier Living and Rehab Center
- Ownership: For profit - Individual
- Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 29, 1978
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Premier Living and Rehab Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Shoreland Health Care and Retirement Center Inc Whiteville | 10.6 | 89 | 2.14 | 3.42 | 72.5% | 3 | $5,077 |
| Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Whiteville | 10.6 | 107 | 2.58 | 3.86 | 62.0% | 1 | $126,586 |
| Brunswick Health & Rehab Center Ash | 18.3 | 100 | 2.13 | 3.47 | 55.1% | 1 | $229,685 |
| Bladen East Health and Rehab Elizabethtown | 21.3 | 90 | 2.10 | 3.61 | 51.7% | 2 | $13,381 |
| Elizabethtown Healthcare & Rehab Center Elizabethtown | 21.4 | 94 | 2.32 | 3.34 | 48.8% | 3 | $8,788 |
| Autumn Care of Shallotte Shallotte | 24.9 | 100 | 1.82 | 3.50 | 54.7% | 2 | $25,595 |
| Brunswick Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Bolivia | 25.3 | 90 | 1.91 | 3.48 | 80.2% | 1 | $94,140 |
| Loris Rehab And Nursing Center, LLC Loris | 28.3 | 88 | 2.77 | 4.23 | 37.5% | 5 | 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.