Nursing homes › North Carolina › August Healthcare at Wilmington
820 Wellington Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28401 · 9103430425 · 120 certified beds
Per CMS filings, this facility is affiliated with August Healthcare, a group operating 6 facilities in 2 states. Group record: average rating 3.0/5, 0 abuse citation icons, 0 facilities on the Special Focus list, $46,368 in federal fines. This facility rates below its group average (3.0/5).
Total nurse staffing: 2.83 (North Carolina median: 3.53). RN hours: 0.39. Weekend total: 2.44. Nursing staff turnover: 52%.
All-time on record: 35 deficiency citations, including 1 at immediate-jeopardy level. Below: citations from 2023 onward (severity letters explained in methodology).
| Survey date | Deficiency | Sev. | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-15 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | D | Health | corrected 2025-06-11 |
| 2025-05-15 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D | Health | corrected 2025-06-11 |
| 2025-05-15 | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | D | complaint | corrected 2025-06-11 |
| 2025-05-15 | Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. | D | Health | corrected 2025-06-11 |
| 2025-05-15 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D | Health | corrected 2025-06-11 |
| 2024-05-02 | Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. | E | complaint | corrected 2024-05-29 |
| 2024-05-02 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | E | Health | corrected 2024-05-29 |
| 2024-05-02 | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | E | Health | corrected 2024-05-29 |
| 2024-05-02 | Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | E | Health | corrected 2024-05-29 |
| 2024-05-02 | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | E | complaint | corrected 2024-05-29 |
| 2024-05-02 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | E | Health | corrected 2024-05-29 |
| 2024-05-02 | Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | E | Health | corrected 2024-05-29 |
| 2024-05-02 | Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | D | Health | corrected 2024-05-29 |
| 2024-05-02 | Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. | D | Health | corrected 2024-05-29 |
| 2024-05-02 | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | D | Health | corrected 2024-05-29 |
| 2024-05-02 | Post nurse staffing information every day. | C | Health | corrected 2024-05-29 |
| 2024-05-02 | Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | B | Health | corrected 2024-05-29 |
| 2023-11-20 | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | J | complaint | corrected 2023-10-07 |
| 2023-11-20 | Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. | E | complaint | corrected 2023-12-05 |
| 2023-11-20 | Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | E | complaint | corrected 2023-12-05 |
| 2023-01-20 | Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis. | F | Health | corrected 2023-02-20 |
| 2023-01-20 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | F | Health | corrected 2023-02-20 |
| 2023-01-20 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | E | Health | corrected 2023-02-20 |
| 2023-01-20 | Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. | E | Health | corrected 2023-02-20 |
| 2023-01-20 | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | E | Health | corrected 2023-02-20 |
| 2023-01-20 | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | E | Health | corrected 2023-02-20 |
| 2023-01-20 | Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | E | Health | corrected 2023-02-20 |
| 2023-01-20 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | D | Health | corrected 2023-02-20 |
| 2023-01-20 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D | Health | corrected 2023-02-20 |
| 2023-01-20 | Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. | D | Health | corrected 2023-02-20 |
| 2023-01-20 | 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. | D | Health | corrected 2023-02-20 |
| 2023-01-20 | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | D | Health | corrected 2023-02-20 |
| 2023-01-20 | Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. | D | Health | corrected 2023-02-20 |
| 2023-01-20 | Post nurse staffing information every day. | C | Health | corrected 2023-02-20 |
| 2023-01-20 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | B | Health | corrected 2023-02-20 |
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-20 | Fine | $27,378 |
| Name | Role | Type | % | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COHEN, ITAMAR | Indirect Ownership Interest | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2025 |
| AUGUSTNC HOLDCO LLC | Operational/Managerial Control | Organization | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2025 |
| COHEN, ITAMAR | Operational/Managerial Control | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2025 |
| GRIGGS, DEBRA | Operational/Managerial Control | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2025 |
| RUDYK, MARY | Operational/Managerial Control | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2025 |
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog (July 2026 release) — provider file, deficiency file, ownership file, penalty file. CCN 345236. Corrections: data@carerecords.org.