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D

54/100

Below average

Vero Health & Rehab Of Sylva

417 Cloverdale Road, Sylva, NC 28779

CMS 1/5 stars #2 of 2 in Jackson County (828) 631-1600
Certified beds
106
Occupancy
86%
Ownership
For-profit
Accepts
Medicare + Medicaid

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.

  • Special Focus Facility

    CMS has placed this home in its Special Focus Facility program for a persistent pattern of poor care. These homes get inspected twice as often.

  • $359,818 in federal fines

    CMS has fined this facility across 4 penalty action(s).

Our read on Vero Health & Rehab Of Sylva

Vero Health & Rehab Of Sylva has 53 deficiencies on its current record, 13 of them serious enough to cause harm or put residents in jeopardy, and three tied to abuse. Federal fines total $359,818 across four penalties. The health inspection rating sits at 1 out of 5, and staffing doesn't help: 3.74 nurse hours per resident day, below the national average, with weekend coverage about 9 percent thinner than weekdays. This is a for-profit limited liability company operating 106 certified beds in Jackson County, and its last inspection was August 14, 2025. When a home carries that many harm-level findings, the question isn't whether the numbers look bad, it's whether you can get straight answers about what changed since.

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.

Inspection30/30Staffing17/30Stability7.5/15Outcomes5/15Enforcement0/10

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

17/30

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

  • →3.58 total nurse hours per resident per day (national median 3.77)
  • →0.93 RN hours per resident per day
  • →Weekend staffing drops 9% 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

5/15

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

  • →2 of 5 stars on the CMS quality-measure rating

Enforcement history

0/10

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

  • →$359,818 in federal fines across 4 action(s)
  • →-0 for 2 denial(s) of Medicare payment for new admissions

Grade ceiling applied

  • Capped at 54 (grade D), CMS Special Focus Facility

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 day3.74 hrs
National average 3.86 hrsBelow average
Registered nurse (RN) hours0.93 hrs
National average 0.69 hrsBetter than average

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

Weekend nurse hours3.40 hrs
National average 3.42 hrsBelow 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: August 14, 2025 (1 year 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 REGIONAL HEALTH PROPERTIES, which operates 5 homes. Staffing budgets are usually set at chain level, not in the building.

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Common questions about Vero Health & Rehab Of Sylva

What is the ElderGrade for Vero Health & Rehab Of Sylva? +

Vero Health & Rehab Of Sylva holds an ElderGrade of D (54 out of 100), which we describe as "below average". 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 Vero Health & Rehab Of Sylva? +

Residents receive an average of 3.74 nursing hours per day across all nursing staff, against a national average of 3.86 hours.

Has Vero Health & Rehab Of Sylva 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 Vero Health & Rehab Of Sylva accept Medicaid? +

Yes, Vero Health & Rehab Of Sylva is certified to accept Medicaid, which is the programme that pays for long-term custodial care once a resident meets their state's income and asset limits.