Trinity Oaks: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Trinity Oaks is a 115-bed nonprofit nursing home in Salisbury, North Carolina, part of Lutheran Services Carolinas. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.93 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 25% above the North Carolina average of 2.34, and 30.1% nursing staff turnover (North Carolina average 49.0%).
Trinity Oaks
820 Klumac RoadSalisbury, NC 28144
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 Trinity Oaks, nurse aides logged 2.93 hours per resident per day, 25% above the North Carolina average. With about 108 residents a day, that works out to roughly 317 aide hours a day, or about 40 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | North Carolina avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.93 | 2.34 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.54 | 0.89 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.83 | 0.61 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.30 | 3.83 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.70 | 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
30.1% of nursing staff at Trinity Oaks 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 19.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 2, 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. Trinity Oaks holds 5 of 5 overall; the North Carolina average is 2.9.
About Trinity Oaks
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Lutheran Services Carolinas, 9 homes
- Legal name: Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 1, 1976
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Trinity Oaks
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Piedmont Health & Rehab Center Salisbury | 1.8 | 58 | 1.98 | 3.23 | 41.7% | 2 | $32,717 |
| NC State Veterans Home - Salisbury Salisbury | 2.3 | 99 | 2.80 | 4.79 | 43.9% | 4 | $12,444 |
| Autumn Care of Salisbury Salisbury | 2.4 | 97 | 1.80 | 3.24 | 68.6% | 4 | None |
| Liberty Commons Nsg and Rehab Ctr of Rowan County Salisbury | 2.9 | 90 | 1.87 | 3.17 | 27.9% | 3 | None |
| Meadowbrook Health & Rehabilitation Salisbury | 3.0 | 185 | 2.34 | 3.49 | 61.2% | 1 | $46,529 |
| Compass Healthcare and Rehab Rowan, LLC Spencer | 3.3 | 70 | 1.93 | 3.25 | 35.1% | 3 | $10,039 |
| The Laurels of Salisbury Salisbury | 4.0 | 80 | 2.12 | 3.28 | 59.2% | 3 | $45,756 |
| Big Elm Retirement and Nursing Centers Kannapolis | 12.4 | 50 | 3.60 | 5.10 | 42.0% | 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.