Big Elm Retirement And Nursing Centers
For profit - Individual · 1285 West A Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081 · See home’s Medicare page
4.78
Nurse hours/resident/day
Reported total nurse staffing hours per resident per day.
State Average: 3.8
45.8%
Nurse turnover
The percentage of nursing staff who stopped working at the home over a 12-month period.
State Average: 50.4%
50
Certified beds
Qualifying beds in the certified provider or supplier facility.
46
Average residents/day
Average number of residents based on daily census.
Direct owners are the layer of ownership closest to the nursing home while indirect owners have a stake in the nursing home but are further removed, like a company that owns the direct owner of a home. All owners listed below are people or companies who have at least a 5% stake in the nursing home. Entities with “managerial control” are those who conduct the day-to-day operations of the nursing home.
Direct owners
Thomas Gatewood since Oct, 2005
Indirect owners
No indirect owner information
Managerial control
No information available
Managing employee(s)
No information available
Corporate Director
Thomas Gatewood since Nov, 2005
W 2 Managing Employee
Ann Ennis since Mar, 2010
Inspection Reports
Inspection reports document deficiencies, which are nursing homes’ failures to meet care requirements. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services releases the last three standard inspection reports, as well as the last 36 months of complaint and infection-control reports.
16
total deficiencies
2
infection-related deficiencies
This home violated federal standards protecting residents from the spread of infections.
Aug 28, 2025
4 deficiencies
to
D
Resident Rights Deficiency — F0553
Failure to:
Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0689
Failure to:
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0695
Failure to:
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Rights Deficiency — F0568
Failure to:
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
Severity
No actual harm, with potential for minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Jul 11, 2024
5 deficiencies
to
F
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiency — F0812
Failure to:
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Many people affected
Seriousness
Resident Rights Deficiency — F0554
Failure to:
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0689
Failure to:
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Rights Deficiency — F0576
Failure to:
Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
Severity
No actual harm, with potential for minimal harm
Scope
Many people affected
Seriousness
Resident Rights Deficiency — F0584
Failure to:
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.
Severity
No actual harm, with potential for minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Mar 29, 2023
7 deficiencies
to
L
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiency — F0607
Failure to:
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Severity
Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
Scope
Many people affected
Seriousness
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiency — F0812
Failure to:
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Administration Deficiency — F0867
Failure to:
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Infection Control Deficiency — F0887
Failure to:
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Infection Control Deficiency — F0883
Failure to:
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0656
Failure to:
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Rights Deficiency — F0623
Failure to:
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Severity
No actual harm, with potential for minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Penalties
A nursing home receives a penalty, either a fine or payment suspensions, when it has a serious health citation or fails to fix a citation. Fines may be imposed once per citation or regularly until the nursing home corrects the citation. Fines not associated with inspection reports can include fines for not reporting COVID-19 data or not complying with infection-control requirements. Payment suspensions are when the government stops payments to the nursing home until an issue is fixed. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services releases the last three years of penalty information.
$15.9K
total fines
Mar 29, 2023
$15,873 fine