South Cove Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

44.6% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — which CMS reads as no different from the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 60 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.12 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 8% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 12% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 141 beds and averages 135.6 residents a day — about 96% occupied, or roughly 5 beds typically open. It runs essentially full — expect a waiting list. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 3.63 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.64 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.37 is below the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 3.39 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.72 on weekdays — 9% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.70 to 0.49 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 14% is below the national median of 45%.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are fewer than at the previous inspection — improving. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

16 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 6 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · E2024-07-31 · tag F0756 — failed to review each resident's drug regimen — pattern
  Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview and document review the facility failed to develop and maintain a policy and procedure for monthly drug regimen review. Findings include: On 7/30/24 at 12:21 P.M., the survey team requested a copy of the monthly medication regimen review (MRR) policy from the Director of Nurses (DON) for review. During an interview on 7/30/24 at 1:37 P.M., the DON said the facility does not have a MRR policy. Since MRR's are completed by consultants, they use the facility's policy titled: Follow Up on Recommendations of Consulting Physicians or Other Practitioners. He said he did not have any policies that outlined the steps or the process the pharmacist should use when completing a MRR or the timeline in which the MRR should be completed or followed up on but thought by the next pharmacy review seemed reasonable. Review of the policy in use by the facility titled: Follow Up on Recommendations of Consulting Physicians or Other Practitioners, dated as revised 7/2022, indicated but was not limited to the following: POLICY: - To ensure that consulting physician's or practitioner…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2024-07-31 · tag F0656 — failed to write and follow a full care plan — isolated
  Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to implement a person-centered care plan intervention of monitoring the behavior of visual hallucinations for Resident #71, out of a total sample of 27 residents. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled Care Plans Comprehensive Person Centered, dated 12/1/17, indicated but was not limited to the following: - a comprehensive person-centered care plan that includes measurable objectives and timetables to meet resident's physical, psychosocial and functional needs is developed and implemented - the care plan will: reflect recognized standards of practice, develop interventions that are targeted and meaningful - care plan interventions are chosen with consideration of relationship between problem areas and their causes and relevant clinical decision making Review of the facility's policy titled Behavioral Assessment, Intervention and Monitoring, dated 12/2018, indicated but was not limited to the following: - the facility will comply with regulatory requirements related to the use of medication to manage…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2024-07-31 · tag F0658 — failed to meet professional standards of care — isolated
  Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure residents were provided care in accordance with professional standards of practice for one Resident (#64), out of a total sample of 27 residents. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure the Resident's Geri-sleeves (sleeves that provide protection to sensitive skin) were consistently applied per physician's orders. Findings include: Resident #64 was admitted to the facility in April 2023 and had diagnoses including type 2 diabetes mellitus. Review of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment, dated 5/8/24, indicated Resident #64 was cognitively intact as evidenced by a Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of 15 out of 15, had no current skin tears, but had an open lesion other than ulcers, rashes, or cuts. The MDS also indicated Resident #64 required partial to moderate assistance for upper body dressing, showering, and bathing. Review of current Physician's Orders indicated the following: -Geri-sleeves on at bilateral upper extremities every shift for skin protection, 5/19/24 Review of the…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2024-07-31 · tag F0689 — failed to keep residents free of avoidable accidents; supervise adequately — isolated
  Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure an assessment for wander risk was completed for one Resident (#100), out of a total sample of 27 residents. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled Wandering/Missing Resident, dated as revised 6/24/23, indicated but was not limited to: - Purpose: to provide a safe and secure environment to protect residents from elopement. - It is the policy of the facility that the safety and well-being of all residents with the potential for wandering are ensured. - If it is determined, through assessment, that a resident has a potential for wandering, the Resident Care Plan will reflect this behavior with all disciplines aware of the need for his/her monitoring - Residents will be assessed quarterly, annually, and with significant changes. Resident #100 was admitted to the facility in May 2022 with diagnoses which included dementia. Review of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment, dated 5/22/24, indicated Resident #100 had severe cognitive impairment, and had wandering behaviors which occurred…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2024-07-31 · tag F0695 — failed to provide proper breathing / tracheostomy care — isolated
  Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to provide the necessary respiratory care and services for one Resident (#64), out of a total sample of 27 residents. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure oxygen (O2) equipment was maintained to ensure sanitary conditions to help decrease the risk of potential contamination and infection. Findings include: 1. Review of the facility's policy titled Equipment Change/Disinfection, undated, indicated but was not limited to the following: -Thoroughly clean all exterior surfaces of equipment. -In addition to disinfecting the surfaces, please maintain the following: Oxygen Concentrators: -Rinse and dry the external filter weekly and prn (as needed) when visibly dusty. Wipe down concentrator prn when visibly dusty or soiled. Resident #64 was admitted to the facility in April 2023 with diagnoses including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (group of lung diseases that block airflow and make it difficult to breathe), pulmonary hypertension, and chronic congestive heart failure. Review of the Minimum Data…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2024-07-31 · tag F0758 — failed to limit and justify psychotropic drugs — isolated
  Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to monitor the targeted behavior of an antipsychotic medication and attempt two antipsychotic gradual dose reduction (GDR) for one Resident (#71) who had a new antipsychotic medication initiated within the last year, out of a total sample of 27 residents. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled: Behavioral Assessment, Intervention and Monitoring, dated 12/2018, indicated but was not limited to the following: - the facility will comply with regulatory requirements related to the use of medication to manage behaviors - the care plan will incorporate findings from the assessments and be consistent with current standards of practice - interventions will be individualized and a part of an overall care environment that supports physical, functional, and psychosocial needs and strives to understand, prevent, or relieve the residents distress - when medications are prescribed for behavioral symptoms, documentation will include: rational, dosage, duration, monitoring for efficacy and adverse…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-07-31 · tag F0883 — failed to offer flu and pneumonia vaccines — isolated
  Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on document review and interview, the facility failed to ensure residents who were eligible to receive the recommended pneumococcal vaccine (PCV-20), were offered the vaccination and they or their legal representatives were educated on the benefits and potential side effects of the vaccine in a timely manner for one Resident (#36), out of a total sample of five residents reviewed for immunizations. Findings include: Review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) document titled Pneumococcal Vaccine Timing for Adults, dated March 2023, indicated the following: Make sure your patients are up to date with pneumococcal vaccination. Adults >= [AGE] years old, Complete Pneumococcal Vaccine Schedules: -PPSV23 only at any age - give PCV20 or PCV15 (pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate) >= 1 year later Review of the facility's policy titled Immunizations and Vaccines - Residents, dated as revised 1/2024, indicated but was not limited to the following: - each resident is offered pneumococcal vaccine as…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Ecited before2023-05-26 · tag F0658 — failed to meet professional standards of care — pattern
  Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure that staff applied a left palm guard as ordered by the physician, accurately documented in the medical record, and replaced timely when the palm guard went missing for one Resident (#32), out of a total sample of 26 residents. Findings include: Resident #32 was admitted to the facility in September 2021 with diagnoses which included hemiparesis (partial paralysis on one side of the body) following a cerebral infarction (stroke) affecting the non-dominant left side. Review of the medical record for Resident #32 indicated he/she was hospitalized on [DATE] and returned to the facility on 4/27/23. Review of Resident #32's current May 2023 Physician's Orders indicated but were not limited to the following: - Palm guard on left hand at all times. Can be off for hygiene, monitor for signs and symptoms (s/s) of redness or skin breakdown every shift. (7/13/22) Throughout the survey the surveyor made the following observations: - 5/23/23 at…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Ecited before2023-05-26 · tag F0689 — failed to keep residents free of avoidable accidents; supervise adequately — pattern
  Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, interview, record review, and policy review, the facility failed for three Residents (#110, #69, and #14) to ensure each Resident received the assessed supervision required to prevent any potential accidents or injuries, out of a total sample of 26 residents. Specifically, the facility failed: 1. For Resident #110, to ensure the Resident had a functioning wander guard device in place that was not past the manufacturer's expiration date, and was assessed for wander risk routinely according to the facility policy; 2. For Resident #69, to assess the Resident for wander risk according to the facility policy; and 3. For Resident #14, to ensure fall prevention interventions were implemented to prevent two falls. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled Wandering/Missing Resident, dated as revised on 7/2020, indicated but was not limited to the following: - It is the policy that the safety and well-being of all residents with a potential for wandering is ensured. - If it is…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2023-05-26 · tag F0580 — failed to tell family and doctor about changes — isolated
  Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interviews, policy review, and record review, the facility failed to consult with the resident's physician for one Resident (#49), out of 26 sampled residents. Specifically, the facility failed to notify the physician of a recommended prescription of a new psychotropic medication to address the Resident's psychiatric symptoms and a recommendation for laboratory testing. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled Follow up of Recommendations of Physicians, last revised 7/2022, included but was not limited to: -When a resident was seen by a specialist in house: -Check the specialist's note for any new recommendations. -Notify the attending physician for all the new recommendations (sic) -Document in the resident's chart for resident has been seen by whom, any recommendation, physician notification and response (sic). Resident #49 was admitted to the facility in January 2023 with diagnoses including generalized anxiety disorder and unspecified dementia with other behavioral disturbance. Review of the medical record indicated Resident #49 was seen by the…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 37 rows in the source record cover these 26 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted. The source lists no ownership percentage for any of them — PECOS records a share only for equity interests, not for board or management roles.

3 organizational owners listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

About 85% of this home’s resident-days are paid by Medicaid, which reimburses well below the cost of care in most states. Heavily Medicaid-dependent homes run on thinner budgets — a context worth holding next to the staffing and inspection record, not a fault in itself.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2023). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

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