Wellington Rehabilitation and Healthcare
1000 Tandal Place, Knightdale, NC 27545 · Wake County · 80 certified beds · avg 77 residents/day · certified since Apr 27, 1993
Part of chain: AVARDIS HEALTH (38 facilities, chain avg rating 2.0★)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★☆☆☆2/5 · CMS overall rating: 1/5
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and self-reported quality measures.
Most serious findings (actual harm or immediate jeopardy)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Sep 4, 2024 · F-0760 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not keep residents free from significant medication errors — such as giving the wrong drug, the wrong dose, or missing a critical medication.
Why it matters: A serious medication error can cause real harm, hospitalization, or worse.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Oct 30, 2023 (Past Non-Compliance)
All citations in the current public record (24)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not make reasonable adjustments to fit each resident's individual needs and preferences — things like call buttons within reach, preferred wake-up times, or accessible room setups. |
| Nov 18, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not accurately assess a resident's health and needs. Assessments are the foundation for all the care a resident receives. |
| Nov 18, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not coordinate resident assessments with the state's pre-admission screening program for mental illness and intellectual disabilities, or failed to refer residents for the special services they need. |
| Nov 18, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not develop or follow a complete care plan for each resident — the written roadmap covering all of a resident's needs, with measurable goals and timelines. |
| Nov 18, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not develop a resident's complete plan of care within 7 days of the full assessment, or the plan wasn't prepared, reviewed, and updated by a team of health professionals as required. |
| Nov 18, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility provided care that did not meet professional standards of quality — the accepted standards that nurses and other clinicians are expected to follow. |
| Nov 18, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide the care needed to maintain or improve residents' movement and flexibility — such as range-of-motion exercises — leading to avoidable decline. |
| Nov 18, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it. · from a complaint |
| Nov 18, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility used bed rails without first trying safer alternatives, or without assessing the resident's safety risk, discussing the risks and benefits with the resident or family, getting consent, and installing the rails correctly. |
| Nov 18, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
| Sep 4, 2024 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility did not keep residents free from significant medication errors — such as giving the wrong drug, the wrong dose, or missing a critical medication. · from a complaint |
| Sep 4, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility used physical restraints — devices that limit a resident's movement — when they weren't needed for medical treatment. |
| Sep 4, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not reassess a resident after a significant change in their condition, such as a sudden decline in health. A full new assessment is required when a resident's condition changes in a major way. |
| Sep 4, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not accurately assess a resident's health and needs. Assessments are the foundation for all the care a resident receives. |
| Sep 4, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. · from a complaint |
| Sep 4, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. |
| Sep 4, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · from a complaint |
| Jan 26, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. · from a complaint |
| Jan 26, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide pharmacy services that meet each resident's needs, or did not employ or contract with a licensed pharmacist. · from a complaint |
| Jan 26, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not properly plan a resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs after leaving. · from a complaint |
| Jan 26, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it. · from a complaint |
| Jan 26, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide timely, quality laboratory tests to meet residents' needs. · from a complaint |
| Jul 12, 2023 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility was not properly licensed, or did not operate in compliance with federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and accepted professional standards. |
| Jul 12, 2023 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide the social services residents need — such as counseling, help with adjustment, or connecting to outside resources — to achieve the best possible quality of life. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections increased between the last two inspection cycles (7 → 10).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | F |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | J ▲ |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | D |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
1 fine totaling $15,642.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2024 | Fine | $15,642 |
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | North Carolina avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 3.16 | 4.01 | 3.95 | bottom 12% in North Carolina; bottom 20% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.24 | 0.64 | 0.69 | bottom 4% in North Carolina; bottom 5% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 2.81 | 3.56 | 3.50 | bottom 13% in North Carolina; bottom 21% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.06 | 0.41 | 0.48 | bottom 1% in North Carolina; bottom 1% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 46.2 | 49.0 | 45.8 | top 44% in North Carolina; bottom 47% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 66.7 | 45.7 | 42.9 | bottom 21% in North Carolina; bottom 15% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 3.36, RN 0.26, weekend 2.99. Staffing rating: 1/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 2/5 · long-stay residents: 2/5 · short-stay residents: 1/5
Who owns this facility
For profit - Corporation
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knightdale Parentco LLC | Organization | Direct Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2025 |
| Ncop Holdco LLC | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2025 |
| Nu C II Irrevocable Trust | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2025 |
| Nu C Irrevocable Trust | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2025 |
| SNF Care Centers LLC | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2025 |
| Wake Holdco LLC | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2025 |
| Zenith Holdco II LLC | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2025 |
| Zenith Holdco LLC | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2025 |
| Clarke, Wendy | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2025 |
| Clarke, Wendy | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2025 |
| Cse Knightdale LP | Organization | 5% or Greater Security Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2025 |
| Cse Knightdale LP | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2025 |
| Hoback, Tiffany | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2025 |
| Hoback, Tiffany | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2025 |
| Hoback, Tiffany | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2025 |
| Jones, Tequilla | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2025 |
| Jones, Tequilla | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2025 |
| Morgan, Daniel | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2025 |
| Morgan, Daniel | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2025 |
| Morgan, Daniel | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2025 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "What systems do you use to prevent medication errors, and what happens when one occurs?"
- "Can you give me examples of how you adjust daily routines and room setups to fit each resident's preferences?"
- "Who completes resident assessments here, and how do you check them for accuracy?"
- "How do you identify and arrange specialized services for residents with mental health conditions or disabilities?"
- "Can you show me an example care plan, and how are families included when it's created and updated?"
- "Who is on the team that builds each resident's care plan, and how quickly is it in place after admission?"
- "Can you tell me what this citation involved and what steps you took to bring care back up to standard?"
- "What do you do daily to keep residents moving, and how do you help residents at risk of losing mobility?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
Nearby facilities (within 20 miles)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| The Cardinal at North Hills | 9.1 mi | Raleigh, NC | ★★★☆☆ | 4/5 | |
| Zebulon Rehabilitation Center | 9.2 mi | Zebulon, NC | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 | |
| Raleigh Rehabilitation Center | 9.4 mi | Raleigh, NC | ★★★☆☆ | 3/5 | |
| The Laurels of Forest Glenn | 9.7 mi | Garner, NC | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Litchford Falls Health and Rehabilitation Center | 9.8 mi | Raleigh, NC | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Bloomsbury at Hayes Barton Place | 9.9 mi | Raleigh, NC | —/5 | ||
| Clayton Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center | 10.4 mi | Clayton, NC | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 345436.