Home / North Carolina / Southport
630 Fodale Avenue, Southport, NC 28461 · Brunswick County · (910) 457-9581
99 certified beds, about 79 residents a day · For profit - Limited Liability company · Medicare and Medicaid since 1991
CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 345373 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes
At its most recent standard inspection, on May 1, 2025, inspectors cited 5 health deficiencies (the North Carolina average is 4.7, the national average 9.2).
None of its 31 health citations since November 2022 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.
Nurses and nurse aides worked 3.58 hours per resident per day, against 3.85 across North Carolina and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.68 of those hours.
CMS links it to Liberty Senior Living, an affiliated group of 37 nursing homes.
Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.
Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.
CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 31 health citations on file.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review, and staff interviews the facility failed to conduct a comprehensive nursing assessment and neurological assessments after a Nurse Aide (Nurse Aide #3) reported a newly identified injury on a residents (Resident #1) face to the nurse on duty (Nurse #5) following an unwitnessed injury that resulted in facial bruising around the right eye and above the right eye on the forehead. A nurse did not complete a comprehensive assessment of the resident until a few hours after the initial discovery of the facial bruising and the resident was observed to have bruising to the right shoulder, right lateral knee (outer side), left knee and left toe. A reddened area was also observed to the left neck area. This occurred for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for accidents (Resident #1).
Inspectors wroteBased on record review, staff interviews, Medical Director (MD), and Physician Assistant (PA) interviews, the facility failed to notify the provider of significant weight gain greater than 5-pound discrepancy from the last weight for a resident with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and on diuretic medication (a medication that helps the body remove excess fluid) when the resident's weight indicated a 27 pound weight gain in one week. This deficient practice occurred for 1 of 1 sampled resident reviewed for notification of change. (Resident #108)
Inspectors wroteBased on record review, staff interviews, Medical Director (MD), and Physician Assistant (PA) interviews, the facility failed to determine the accuracy of a weekly weight for a resident with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and on diuretic medication (a medication that helps the body remove excess fluid) when the resident's weight indicated a 27 pound weight gain in one week for 1 of 4 residents reviewed for nutrition. (Resident #108)
Inspectors wroteBased on record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to provide 8 hours of Registered Nurse (RN) coverage for 1 of 419 days reviewed for staffing (08/11/24).
Inspectors wroteBased on record review, staff, the Nurse Practitioner, and Physician interviews the facility failed to obtain an ordered Pro BNP (pro-B-type natriuretic peptide) a blood test that measures the levels of Pro BNP, a protein produced by the heart and used to help diagnose and monitor heart failure. This occurred for 1 of 1 resident (Resident #23) reviewed for laboratory services.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, and staff interviews, the facility failed to implement infection control policies and procedures when Nurse Aide #1 failed to apply all the required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) before entering a room with a resident on special contact-droplet precautions. This occurred for 1 of 1 staff observed for infection control practices (Nurse Aide #1).
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review, and resident and staff interviews the facility failed to administer medications on time as prescribed by the physician for 1 of 1 residents reviewed. (Resident #7)
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review, staff, and Physician interviews the facility failed to clarify a medication order prescribed for hypotension (low blood pressure) to include hold parameters if the systolic blood pressure was greater than 120 mm/hg ( millimeters of mercury). This resulted in a resident (Resident #61) receiving 59 additional doses of the medication. There was no significant outcome from receiving the medication. This occurred for 1 of 3 residents reviewed for medication administration.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, staff, Nurse Practitioner, and Physician interviews the facility failed to follow the physicians order and provide sliding scale insulin at bedtime to a resident (Resident #18) when the blood glucose reading was greater than 200 mg/dl (milligrams per deciliter). This resulted in the resident not receiving a total of 74 units of insulin from 01/12/24 through 03/04/24. There was no significant outcome. This occurred for 1 of 3 residents reviewed for medication administration.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review and staff interviews the facility's Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) committee failed to maintain implemented procedures and monitor the interventions that the committee put into place following the recertification and complaint survey of [DATE] and the recertification and complaint survey of [DATE]. This was for one deficiency that was originally cited in [DATE] in the area of significant medication errors and for two deficiencies originally cited in [DATE] for medication storage and unnecessary medications. These deficiencies were subsequently recited on the current recertification survey of [DATE]. The continued failure during three federal surveys of record shows a pattern of the facility's inability to sustain an effective Quality Assurance Program.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review, observation, and resident, staff and physician interviews, the facility failed to obtain an appointment with a retinol specialist for treatment of visual impairment for 1 of 1 residents (Resident #9) reviewed for vision.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review, and staff interviews the facility failed to record an opened date on two insulin pens and on two opened bottles of eye drops that had shortened expiration dates. This was observed on 1 of 3 medication carts (300 hall medication cart) reviewed for medication storage.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review and staff interview the facility failed to complete comprehensive assessments within the 14-day required timeframe for 2 of 2 residents reviewed for comprehensive Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments (Resident #290 and Resident #291).
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review, resident interview and staff interviews, the facility failed to follow the prepared menu for 3 out of 4 meals observed when food items were substituted or omitted, but not noted or updated on the menu in advance time.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations and staff interviews, the facility failed to discard leftover food stored ready for use past the use dates and failed to label, date, and seal a leftover food item stored in 1 of 1 walk-in refrigerator. These practices had the potential to affect food served to residents.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review and staff interviews the facility's Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) committee failed to maintain implemented procedures and monitor the interventions that the committee put into place following the recertification and complaint investigation survey on 07/30/21 and the recertification survey on 01/09/20. This was for two deficiencies that were originally cited in July 2021 in the areas of infection control and competent nursing staff and for one deficiency originally cited in January 2020 for food procurement, storage, and sanitation and were subsequently recited on the current recertification survey of 11/21/22. The continued failure during three federal surveys of record shows a pattern of the facility's inability to sustain an effective Quality Assurance Program.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to make repairs to the flat griddle for greater than 2 months which caused residents to not receive a planned meal since it was inoperable for 1 of 1 flat griddles. This affected all residents who expected grilled items according to the planned menu.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review, staff interviews, and physician interview the facility failed to identify that a resident (Resident #66) was prescribed and administered an antibiotic that was resistant to the organism based on laboratory test results for 1 of 4 residents reviewed for urinary tract infections; failed to initiate physician orders for a continuous indwelling urinary catheter to include the size of the catheter and orders to maintain and care for the catheter; and failed to cleanse the perineal area and catheter site in a manner to prevent contamination for 1 of 3 residents (Resident #9) observed for urinary catheters.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review and staff and resident interviews, the facility failed to: accurately label and record an opened date for a bottle of tuberculin solution in the Station #1 medication room refrigerator and a bottle of Influenza vaccine in the 400 hall medication room. The facility failed to accurately record an opened dated for a bottle of eye drops, dispose of 2 expired bottles of nitroglycerin and an expired insulin pen on the 300 hall medication cart. The facility failed to dispose of an expired bottle of nasal spray, discard an expired Insulin pen, and accurately record an opened date for 2 Insulin pens on the 100/200 hall medication cart. The facility failed to lock and secure a medication cart (100/200 hall medication cart) in an unattended resident care area for 1 of 5 medication carts observed. [...]
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to: 1a) demonstrate how to clean and disinfect a glucometer device per manufacturer's instructions after use for 2 of 2 nurses (Nurse #4 and Nurse #5) observed during medication pass; 1b) perform hand hygiene prior to donning and after removal of gloves when performing a blood glucose check for 1 of 1 nurse (Nurse #4) observed; 2) perform hand hygiene after removing soiled gloves and prior to donning clean gloves during a wound care observation for 1 of 3 residents (Resident #34) reviewed for infection control practices; and 3) dispose soiled linens in a bag during catheter care for 1 of 3 residents (Resident #9) observed for catheters.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review, physician interview, pharmacist interview, and staff interviews, the facility failed to notify the physician that a resident who had a urinary tract infection (UTI) was prescribed a medication that was reported by the laboratory as resistant for 1 of 4 residents reviewed for UTIs (Resident #66).
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, and esident and staff interviews, the facility failed to code the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment accurately in the areas of vision and hearing (Resident #32), nutrition (Resident #67), falls (Resident #75), and medications (Resident #84) for 4 of 29 residents reviewed for MDS assessments.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, resident and staff interviews the facility failed to apply a left-hand splint for contracture management according to occupational therapy recommendations for 1 of 1 resident (Resident #24) reviewed for limited range of motion.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review and staff interviews the facility failed to obtain a weight upon admission and physician ordered weekly weights on 1 of 2 residents (Resident #82) reviewed for nutrition.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review, observation, resident interview, and staff interviews, the facility failed to provide an agency Nurse Aide (NA #1) with education and to verify their competency to deliver catheter care for 1 of 3 residents (Resident #9) observed for catheter care.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review, physician interview and Consultant Pharmacist #1 interview, the Consultant Pharmacist failed to identify that a resident (Resident #66) was prescribed and administered an antibiotic that was resistant to the organism based on laboratory test results for 1 of 4 residents reviewed for urinary tract infections.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review, physician interview, staff interviews, and pharmacist interview, the facility administered a medication to a resident that was not medically justified for 1 of 5 residents reviewed for unnecessary medications, Resident #66.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, resident and staff interviews the facility failed to honor food preferences for 2 of 29 residents (Resident #24, and #7) reviewed for meal preferences.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to implement baseline care plans for admitted diagnoses of : 1)Gastrointestinal Bleed (GI Bleed) and anemia (low red blood cell count); and 2) dementia, mood disorder, and atrial fibrilliation (irregular heart rhythm)within 48 hours of admission for 2 of 29 residents (Resident #82 and Resident #75).
Inspectors wroteBased on record review and staff interviews the facility failed to develop and implement a comprehensive person-centered care plan that addressed measurable goals and interventions to reflect the needs of the residents which were identified in the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment within 21 days of admission for 2 of 29 residents (Resident #82 and Resident #46) reviewed for care planning.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review and staff interviews the facility failed to revise a care plan to address: 1a) a facility acquired pressure ulcer (Resident #9), 1b) the insertion of an indwelling urinary catheter (Resident #9), and 2) incontinence care and toileting (Resident #67) for 2 of 29 residents reviewed for care plans.
8 fire safety citations on file: 3 on May 1, 2025, 3 on March 7, 2024, 2 on November 21, 2022.
CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.
Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.
| Measure | This home | North Carolina | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides) | 3.58 | 3.85 | 3.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.68 | 0.62 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff on weekends | 3.34 | 3.42 | 3.42 |
| Nurse aides | 1.95 | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.96 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year) | not reported | 49.0% | 45.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | not reported | 45.6% | 42.9% |
| Administrators who left | not reported |
CMS expects 3.63 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.
Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 3.68 on weekdays and 3.34 on weekends, 9% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 17.8% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 3.38 in April to June 2025 to 3.58 in January to March 2026.
| Quarter | All nursing staff | Registered nurses | Weekdays | Weekends | Contract staff share | Days with no RN hours | Residents a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.58 | 0.68 | 3.68 | 3.34 | 17.8% | 0 of 90 | 79 |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 3.81 | 0.70 | 3.91 | 3.55 | 24.4% | 0 of 92 | 71 |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 3.72 | 0.68 | 3.80 | 3.50 | 24.8% | 0 of 92 | 68 |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 3.38 | 0.78 | 3.54 | 2.98 | 9.9% | 0 of 91 | 60 |
| United States, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.75 | 0.62 | 3.92 | 3.33 | 5.3% | 0.5% of days | |
| North Carolina, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.65 | 0.53 | 3.82 | 3.25 | 8.0% | 0.7% of days |
Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.
Staff pay reports
No staff pay figure for this home has passed review yet. A figure appears only after at least 5 reports from at least 3 different people, sent over at least 60 days, have passed review.
| Job | Median | Middle half | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina, all employers | |||
| CNAs (nursing assistants) | $18.49 | $17.28 to $21.08 | 64,010 |
| LPNs and LVNs | $30.42 | $28.50 to $33.51 | 18,010 |
| Registered nurses | $40.56 | $37.87 to $49.06 | 111,120 |
| United States, nursing care facilities | |||
| CNAs (nursing assistants) | $20.67 | $17.91 to $22.55 | 534,270 |
| LPNs and LVNs | $33.86 | $30.05 to $37.40 | 188,210 |
| Registered nurses | $41.11 | $37.85 to $47.68 | 142,270 |
Hourly wages; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS has no separate estimate for medication aides. These are survey estimates for whole occupations, not figures for any one home.
The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.
| Measure | This home | North Carolina | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 20.6 | 15.6 | 13.9 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 31.2 | 18.3 | 14.1 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 15.4 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 25.8 | 22.9 | 23.8 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 15.8 | 12.9 | 12.0 |
For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center of Southpor's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it no different from the national rate (57.1% of residents, after adjusting for how sick they were). How to read these, and what Medicare pays for.
57.1% this home
No different from the national rate
US median of homes 51.5% · North Carolina: 93 better, 25 worse
Rate of successful return to home or community from a SNF (risk-standardized discharge to community rate). Higher is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 186 eligible stays.
11.3% this home
No different from the national rate
US median of homes 10.7% · North Carolina: 1 better, 4 worse
Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNF (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 189 eligible stays.
6.0% this home
No different from the national rate
US median of homes 7.1% · North Carolina: 1 better, 3 worse
Percentage of infections residents got during their SNF stay that resulted in hospitalization (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2023 to September 2024. 100 eligible stays.
59.0% this home
Median of homes: North Carolina54.0% · US 56.6%
Percentage of residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 39 residents counted.
0.0% this home
Median of homes: North Carolina0.6% · US 0.0%
Percentage of SNF residents who experience one or more falls with major injury during their SNF stay. Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 54 residents counted.
8.3% this home
Median of homes: North Carolina2.5% · US 1.7%
Percentage of residents with pressure ulcers or pressure injuries that are new or worsened (adjusted rate). Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 53 residents counted.
Not reported
CMS note: The number of residents or resident stays is too small to report. Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.
Median of homes: North Carolina97.5% · US 98.7%
Percentage of residents where the SNF provided a current medication list to the resident, family, and/or caregiver at final discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 10 residents counted.
Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program - Provider Data, released 2026-09-30. Better, no different and worse are CMS's own comparisons with the national rate, after adjusting for how sick residents were. Medians of homes and the state counts are worked out by us from the same file.
Legal business name: LIBERTY HEALTHCARE GROUP LLC. CMS links this home to Liberty Senior Living, a group of 37 nursing homes averaging 2.8 stars overall.
| Name | Role | Type | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Term Care Management Services LLC | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Organization | 100% | 03/10/2011 |
| Liberty Long Term Care LLC | Direct ownership interest | Organization | 04/01/2025 | |
| John a McNeill Jr 2012 Irrv Tr | Indirect ownership interest | Organization | 04/29/2025 | |
| Liberty Healthcare Group LLC | Indirect ownership interest | Organization | 04/29/2025 | |
| Ocean Trail Convalescent Center Inc. | Indirect ownership interest | Organization | 04/29/2025 | |
| McNeill, John | Indirect ownership interest | Individual | 04/29/2025 | |
| Miller, Robert | Corporate director | Individual | 09/01/2024 | |
| Calcutt, Joseph | Corporate officer | Individual | 03/10/2011 | |
| Long Term Care Management Services LLC | Operational/managerial control | Organization | 04/29/2025 | |
| Calcutt, Joseph | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 03/10/2011 | |
| McNeill, John | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 04/29/2025 | |
| McNeill, Ronald | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 04/29/2025 | |
| Peters, Danielle | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 04/29/2025 | |
| Peterson, Gajarah | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 04/29/2025 | |
| Wilson, Jeffrey | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 04/29/2025 | |
| Wilson, Jeffrey | Individual is an owner, partner or trustee of any ADP of the SNF | Individual | 05/30/2025 | |
| McNeill, Robert | Trustee of the SNF | Individual | 04/29/2025 | |
| John a McNeill Jr 2012 Irrv Tr | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 05/30/2025 | |
| Liberty Healthcare Group LLC | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 05/30/2025 | |
| Liberty Healthcare Management Inc | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 04/29/2025 | |
| Liberty Long Term Care LLC | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 05/27/2025 | |
| Long Term Care Management Services LLC | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 04/29/2025 | |
| Ocean Trail Convalescent Center Inc. | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 04/29/2025 | |
| Brown, Nolan | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 04/29/2025 | |
| Calcutt, Joseph | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 04/29/2025 | |
| Miller, Robert | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 04/29/2025 | |
| Wilson, Jeffrey | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 04/29/2025 |
As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.
Chosen from this home's own inspection record.
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