Summerstone Health & Rehabilitation Center

    485 Veterans Wy, Kernersville, NC 27284
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    2.89·(141)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      2.7
    • Staff

      3.0
    • Meals

      1.6
    • Amenities

      3.9
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate nurses and CNAs
    • Skilled rehabilitation services (PT/OT/Speech)
    • Attentive therapy teams offering intensive sessions
    • Supportive social work and case-management assistance
    • Clean, well-maintained building and rooms
    • Engaging activities program (puzzles, bingo, social events)
    • Welcoming admissions and front-desk staff
    • Effective wound care and specialty nursing in some cases
    • Thorough discharge planning in successful transitions
    • Transportation assistance for appointments
    • Respectful care for veterans
    • Comfortable, spacious rooms

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing and high staff turnover
    • Inconsistent responsiveness to call bells and alarms
    • Frequent use of agency staff producing care variability
    • Inconsistent medication administration and documentation
    • Sanitation and incontinence-care concerns in some units
    • Unreliable meal quality and food-service timing
    • Weak family communication and care coordination
    • Inconsistent discharge-planning and home-health referral processes
    • Variable therapy outcomes across different stays or shifts
    • Fragmented middle-management and weekend/shift leadership
    • Phone-system and alarm reliability issues
    • Property, billing, and inventory-control gaps
    • Staff morale and supervisory conduct issues

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews describe a facility with a marked disparity between direct-care strengths and systemic operational weaknesses. Many families and residents praise front-line caregivers—nurses, CNAs, and therapy teams—for compassionate bedside care, effective rehabilitation, and supportive social work when those staff are present. The physical environment and rooms are frequently described as clean and comfortable, and the activities and therapy offerings receive consistent positive mentions for promoting engagement and functional recovery.

    At the same time, a persistent theme is staffing instability. Reviewers describe chronic understaffing, high turnover, and frequent reliance on agency personnel; these patterns are associated with delayed responses to call bells and alarms, especially on nights, weekends, and after 5pm. Several accounts indicate inconsistent medication administration and gaps in documentation, which families identify as a serious operational risk. Sanitation and incontinence-care concerns are raised for some units or shifts, contrasting with other reports of good housekeeping. Wound care and specialty nursing are praised in some cases, suggesting uneven clinical performance across teams.

    Dining and daily living services appear inconsistent. A number of reviewers cite poor food quality, meals served cold or late, and limited beverage supplies; others describe timely and attentive meal assistance. Activities programming (puzzles, bingo, social events) and robust therapy schedules are often highlighted as positive contributors to recovery, but therapy intensity and efficacy seem to vary by stay and by therapist team.

    Management and communication emerge as recurrent issues. Families report difficulty reaching administrators or social workers at times, variable discharge planning and follow-up, and occasional billing or lost-property problems. Operational items such as the phone system, ice machines, and certain safety-related infrastructure received specific attention as needing repair or oversight. There are also mentions of staff morale and supervisory conduct problems that appear to affect bedside culture. A small number of individual accounts include serious allegations, such as financial misconduct and inappropriate medication practices; these are not the predominant narrative but are notable and warrant inquiry.

    For prospective residents and families: the facility demonstrates clear strengths in hands-on caregiving and rehabilitation when stable, consistent teams are in place, and the environment can be clean and comfortable. However, outcomes appear sensitive to staffing patterns and shift-level management. Visitors should ask about current staffing ratios, weekend and night coverage, medication-administration protocols, discharge-planning procedures, and recent corrective actions for sanitation or equipment issues. When possible, meet members of the nursing and therapy teams who will provide direct care and obtain specifics about how the facility handles escalation, family communication, and continuity when agency staff are used.

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    Medicare Ratings

    3·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Summerstone Health & Rehabilitation Center is located at 485 Veterans Wy, Kernersville, NC, 27284.

    About Summerstone Health & Rehabilitation Center

    Summerstone Health & Rehabilitation Center sits in Kernersville, North Carolina, and offers care for people who need skilled nursing, rehabilitation, memory care, or respite support, so folks find a place to recover after an illness, stay for long-term needs, or get specialized help like hospice or palliative care, and with 120 certified beds and an average of about 106 residents each day, it's a busy but well-organized spot. The center's got private and semi-private rooms with full tiled baths, comfortable seating in common areas, and a living room with a fireplace and TV for everyone to enjoy, plus outdoor gathering areas and access to a courtyard, which makes for some fresh air and sunshine when the weather's nice, and you'll see family or friends coming in and out since they keep it pretty open for visitors. Folks here get 24/7 skilled nursing, managed by registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and aides, all working with full-time physician coverage, and they help manage health conditions, medicines, wound care, incontinence, and other day-to-day support. If someone's working on getting their strength back or recovering after a surgery, they use the 6,000 square-foot therapy gym, which includes an Activities of Daily Living Suite, with electrical stimulation and equipment that helps with walking, balance, and daily tasks, and there's a special rehabilitation garden right by the gym where people can practice moving on different terrains.

    Summerstone offers physical, occupational, and speech therapies, each tailored to the person, so some folks work on improving swallowing, while others focus on walking or building strength, and the therapy team also handles outpatient sessions for those who live at home but need extra help. If someone's looking for something social or relaxing, there's a Triad Cinema movie theater on site, along with The Sports Den for people who want to watch a game, and they even set up a Summer PERK coffee bar for a cup and a chat. The on-site salon offers everything from haircuts and perms to manicures and pedicures, and light activities, house meals, and lounges give people ways to stay active or spend time with others. There's also internet and complimentary Wi-Fi, cable TV, and emergency call systems in the rooms, and daily housekeeping and laundry are included so folks don't have to worry about chores.

    Managerial control comes from Long Term Care Management Services LLC, with names like Jeffrey Wilson, Penny Purifoy, Ronald McNeill, Anthony Hamric, and Matthew Bork involved for several years, and Richard Vanderhoof serves as administrator, all under the larger group of Liberty Senior Living and Liberty Healthcare, so there's a lot of oversight from experienced people. The facility's part of the North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association and is directly owned by Liberty Long Term Care, LLC. Summerstone has seen its share of challenges, like a nurse turnover rate above the state's average and lower nurse staffing hours per resident than most other facilities in North Carolina, and inspections have documented a number of deficiencies, some infection-related and a recent $22,325 fine after a January 2025 inspection that found issues with food sourcing, infection control, and accident prevention, which reached immediate jeopardy status for resident health and safety, so it's important to know that while they strive for compassionate care, there have been several cited problems, totaling about 40 deficiencies in various reports. Even so, the team works to deliver person-centered care, manage medications, develop therapy plans, and create a supportive environment, all in a setting designed to feel homelike while still offering the medical services people may need, with daily routines balancing health care and some chances for social connection and personal comfort.

    People often ask...

    Summerstone Health & Rehabilitation Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 485 Veterans Wy, Kernersville, NC 27284.

    No, Summerstone Health & Rehabilitation Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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