Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
The Carrolton of Plymouth
Does The Carrolton of Plymouth have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), The Carrolton of Plymouth (CCN 345266), in Plymouth, NC, has federal inspection findings on its record.
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 11 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity E on CMS's A–L scale — CMS's "potential for harm" tier, below actual harm. The most recent federal survey on file is dated 2025-03-27. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. This page restates the federal record as published by CMS and draws no conclusion of its own. Federal nursing-home surveys are conducted on a recurring cycle by state survey agencies acting on CMS's behalf, and the figures on this page are compiled from CMS's published provider data, as on file with CMS; the federal record may understate what actually occurred, and inspection findings are point-in-time survey results, not a determination that any specific resident was harmed.
The Federal Record
The most recent federal inspection on file records no actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy citations for this facility.
Below is this facility's federal survey record as on file with CMS.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
Overall CMS star rating: this facility vs the CMS-published state average
This facility: 2 · CMS state average: 2.9
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
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.
Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
26 citations from earlier inspection cycles — historical, not current (expand)
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
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.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members.
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Document what happened
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