Trinity Ridge is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1973-12-10. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (828) 322-6995 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Trinity Ridge holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 77.8/100, placing it #4639 of 14703 facilities nationally and #92 of 418 in North Carolina. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Trinity Ridge receives a reported average of 4 hours 38 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 53 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 26 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 19 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 11 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 41.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 3 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $1,950. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 10.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Trinity Ridge ranks 4639th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 77.8/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within NC, it ranks 92nd out of 418 nursing homes. In Hickory, it ranks 2nd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,979 nationally and RN hours rank #2,861 nationally (#51 in NC). Our composite quality score of 77.8/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Hickory, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_carolina/hickory/