Walnut Ridge is a nursing home in Walnut Cove, NC, offering assisted living and memory care. Nursing home care provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock, while assisted living helps residents with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing and medication. Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering, and the range of care levels suits a resident whose needs grow over time.
The community has 63 beds, with studio and suite accommodations. Respite care is available for short stays, giving a family caregiver time to travel or recover. Navion Senior Solutions operates Walnut Ridge.
Total nurse staffing is 3 hours and 28 minutes per resident per day, representing the daily hands-on nurse staffing time associated with each resident. Payment options include Medicare, Medicaid and private pay: Medicare applies to covered skilled care, Medicaid may help when personal savings do not cover a long stay, and private pay uses the resident’s or family’s funds.
A Walk Score of 50 places the area in the somewhat walkable band, so some errands can be completed on foot. A resident who no longer drives may be able to handle certain nearby errands independently.
