Nc State Veterans Home – Salisbury is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2004-11-22. 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 (704) 638-4200 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Nc State Veterans Home – Salisbury holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 82.1/100, placing it #2778 of 14703 facilities nationally and #55 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 Nc State Veterans Home – Salisbury receives a reported average of 5 hours 4 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 2 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 49 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 13 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 5 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 36.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $19,145. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $19,145, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 68.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Nc State Veterans Home – Salisbury ranks 2778th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 82.1/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within NC, it ranks 55th out of 418 nursing homes. In Salisbury, it ranks 1st out of 7 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,102 nationally and RN hours rank #1,853 nationally (#26 in NC). Our composite quality score of 82.1/100 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 Salisbury, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_carolina/salisbury/