Based on record review and staff interviews the facility failed to ensure nurse aides (NAs) received 12 hours of in-service training annually which included abuse and dementia training. This was for 3 of 5 NA files reviewed (NA#5, NA #6, and NA #7).Findings included: 1a. A review of the employee file and training information for NA #5 indicated a hire date of 2/1/24. There was no dated training to provide evidence NA #2 received 12 hours of in-service training including abuse and dementia training in the previous 12 months.b. A review of the employee file and training information for NA #6 indicated a hire date of 7/11/24. There was no dated training to provide evidence NA #6 received in-service training on abuse and dementia training in the previous 12 months.c. …
F947 citations in North Carolina
Nurse aide training · Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
North Carolina cites F947 less often than its own record predicts
0.17 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in North Carolina in 2025, this is the portion that was F947.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What North Carolina surveyors wrote
F947 findings written in North Carolina, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
Based on record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure Nursing Assistants (NA) completed annual dementia care training and failed to ensure completions of annual abuse prevention training for 4 of 5 NAs (NAs #2, #6, #7, #9) reviewed for required annual in-service training. The findings included: NA #2 had a hire date of 6/10/2022. NA#2 did not have evidence of abuse prevention training or dementia care training. NA#6 had a hire date of 9/14/2012. The NA's most recent dementia training was dated 3/21/2022 and there was no evidence of abuse prevention training in the last year. NA #7 had a hire date of 7/29/2021. She completed abuse prevention training on 2/20/2022 but there was no evidence she completed abuse prevention training in the last year. …
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of North Carolina citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.43% | 1.66× |
| 2024 | 0.20% | 0.65× |
| 2025 | 0.05% | 0.17× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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