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86.5/100

Excellent

Briar Creek Health Center

6041 Piedmont Row Drive, Charlotte, NC 28210

CMS 4/5 stars #4 of 29 in Mecklenburg County (980) 224-8540
Certified beds
6
Occupancy
77%
Ownership
For-profit
Accepts
Medicare

What to ask about before you visit

These are findings in the public CMS record for this home. They are not our opinion, each one comes straight from a federal inspection or enforcement file.

  • $8,606 in federal fines

    CMS has fined this facility across 1 penalty action(s).

Our read on Briar Creek Health Center

Briar Creek Health Center runs six certified beds in Charlotte under corporate for-profit ownership, and its nurse staffing sits at 10.64 hours per resident day, roughly 176% above the national average. Weekend coverage dips about 7% below its own weekday level, but that still leaves it unusually well staffed. The current record shows 8 deficiencies, 2 of them at the harm or jeopardy level, with no abuse citations and one fine totaling $8,606. Its last inspection was in May 2026, and CMS rates it 4 out of 5 on inspections, quality measures, and staffing alike. For a home this small, the staffing number is the headline; the harm-level deficiencies are what a family should ask about directly.

Written from the CMS figures for this home shown further down this page. Nothing here is paid for or supplied by the home.

How this grade was calculated

Every point is shown. Nothing is weighted behind the scenes, the full formula is on How we grade.

Inspection30/30Staffing29/30Stability7.5/15Outcomes12/15Enforcement8/10

A full pentagon is full marks. The shape shows what kind of good or bad a home is, two homes can share a score and look nothing alike.

Inspection safety

30/30

Citations from state health inspections over the last three surveys, weighted by how much harm CMS says they caused.

  • →No citations recorded in the last 3 years

Staffing

29/30

Nursing hours per resident per day, adjusted for how sick the residents are, plus RN cover and weekend consistency.

  • →10.61 total nurse hours per resident per day (national median 3.77)
  • →3.02 RN hours per resident per day
  • →Weekend staffing drops 7% against weekdays

Staff stability

7.5/15

How much of the nursing team leaves in a year. High turnover means a resident rarely sees the same face twice.

  • →No turnover figure reported, scored neutral

Resident outcomes

12/15

The CMS quality-measure rating, built from resident outcomes like falls, pressure ulcers, infections and antipsychotic use.

  • →4 of 5 stars on the CMS quality-measure rating

Enforcement history

8/10

Fines and payment denials CMS has imposed. A denial of payment means CMS stopped paying for new admissions.

  • →$8,606 in federal fines across 1 action(s)

Staffing, against the national average

Full detail

Hours of nursing care each resident receives per day. The marker on each bar is the national average.

Total nurse hours per resident per day10.64 hrs
National average 3.86 hrsBetter than average
Registered nurse (RN) hours3.02 hrs
National average 0.69 hrsBetter than average

RNs are the licence level most likely to catch a resident deteriorating.

Weekend nurse hours9.84 hrs
National average 3.42 hrsBetter than average

The shift most families visit, and the one thinned first.

Nursing staff turnoverNot reported

The share of nursing staff who left over the last year.

Recent inspection findings

Last standard health inspection: May 19, 2026 (5 months ago). No citations were recorded.

No health-inspection citations on record for this facility in the current CMS release.

Who owns this home

Full record

Part of LIBERTY SENIOR LIVING, which operates 37 homes. Staffing budgets are usually set at chain level, not in the building.

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Common questions about Briar Creek Health Center

What is the ElderGrade for Briar Creek Health Center? +

Briar Creek Health Center holds an ElderGrade of A (86.5 out of 100), which we describe as "excellent". The grade combines its inspection citations, nurse staffing levels, staff turnover, resident outcomes and enforcement history from the federal CMS record.

How many nursing hours does each resident get at Briar Creek Health Center? +

Residents receive an average of 10.64 nursing hours per day across all nursing staff, against a national average of 3.86 hours.

Has Briar Creek Health Center been cited for harming residents? +

No. None of the 0 citations on record were scored at the levels CMS uses to indicate actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

Does Briar Creek Health Center accept Medicaid? +

CMS lists this facility as Medicare, so it is not recorded as Medicaid certified. Confirm directly with the home before admission.