• CMS rates this facility 1/5 stars (below average)
• Has 140 certified beds with an average of 118.6 residents per day (85% occupancy)
• Last health inspection found 12 deficiencies (inspected Aug 22, 2025)
• Has been fined a total of $34,646 across 2 fine(s)
• Total nursing staff: 0.00 hours per resident per day
• Staff turnover rate: 62.6% (high)
• Part of the Principle Long Term Care chain (44 facilities)
River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a 1-star Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in Washington, North Carolina with 140 certified beds. It has been operating since 1981. The facility scored below average compared to North Carolina facilities.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
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.
Ensure staff are vaccinated for COVID-19
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
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Staffing hours per resident per day. The black line shows the national average.
Quality measures as percentages of residents. Lower is better for all measures.
| Name | Role | Type | Ownership % | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRINCIPLE IT SERVICES, INC. | 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Organization | 50% | Jan 1, 2011 |
| PRINCIPLE LONG TERM CARE, INC. | 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Organization | 50% | Jan 1, 2011 |
| HILL, RAYMOND | 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Individual | 18% | Jan 1, 2011 |
| HILL, ROBERT | 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Individual | 21% | Jan 1, 2011 |
| HILL, STEPHEN | 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Individual | 20% | Jan 1, 2011 |
| PRINCIPLE LONG TERM CARE, INC. | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Organization | N/A | Jan 1, 2011 |
| BARKER, JOETTA | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Apr 15, 2025 |
| JOHNSON, DIANNE | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | Jan 1, 2011 |
| BOICE, GALE | CORPORATE OFFICER | Individual | N/A | Mar 5, 2018 |
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