Overview
NC State Veterans Home - Salisbury has a Medicare overall rating of 4 out of 5, above the North Carolina average of 3.0. It ranks 2nd of 7 nursing homes in Salisbury. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 4.8 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 90% of nursing homes in North Carolina (the state average is 3.9 hours). Of that, 1.1 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on December 12, 2025, found 12 health deficiencies, more than the North Carolina average of 4.5. 1 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $12,444 in the past three years.
NC State Veterans Home - Salisbury is a government-run facility with 99 certified beds, caring for about 89 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 2004.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 29%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- December 12, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 12
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 1
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $12,444
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 1
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff4.82 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)1.09 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.85 hrs
- Nurse aides2.88 hrs
- Physical therapists0.06 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- Government - State
- Certified beds
- 99
- Average residents per day
- 89
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- November 22, 2004
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes