SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER — Nursing Home in HINTON, WV

198 JOHN COOK NURSING HOME ROAD, HINTON, WV, 25951 | 3044660332

CMS Five-Star Rating

★☆☆☆☆ 1/5

Based on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures

Facility Overview

Medicare Medicaid
Certified Beds120
Average Residents/Day110.0
CMS Certification Number515170

Staffing Levels

Hours Per Resident Day (HPRD)

Total Nurse Staffing 3.17 HPRD
RN Staffing 0.49 HPRD

Health Inspection Findings & Deficiencies

Most Recent Inspection August 20, 2025
Total Deficiencies 27 3 Severe

SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER had 27 health inspection deficiencies on its most recent inspection (August 20, 2025), including 3 classified as severe.

Inspection Findings — August 20, 2025

  • Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (Level D)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • 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. (Level D)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • 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. (Level E)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. (Level D)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Level D)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (Level D)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Level D)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (Level E)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • 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. (Level D)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents. (Level D)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration. (Level J)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. (Level E)
    Corrected — November 15, 2025
  • Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. (Level E)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (Level E)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Level D)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (Level H)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Level H)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. (Level E)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. (Level E)
    Corrected — November 15, 2025
  • Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs. (Level D)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options. (Level D)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times. (Level E)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Level E)
    Corrected — November 15, 2025
  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Level E)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. (Level E)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests. (Level E)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
  • Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. (Level D)
    Corrected — September 21, 2025
CareQED Analysis

Summers Healthcare Center is a 120-bed nursing home in Hinton, West Virginia. It holds a 1-star CMS overall rating. Total nurse staffing is 3.2 hours per resident day, below the West Virginia average of 3.7. Its most recent inspection, in August 2025, cited 27 deficiencies, 3 of them severe. It is on CMS's Special Focus Facility list, a designation for persistently poor-performing nursing homes.

Nothing on the fact sheet stands out as a strength; the facility’s Special Focus status and the many recent, including severe, deficiencies point to ongoing concerns about resident safety, rights, and care planning. It would be reasonable to ask what specific improvements, oversight, and staffing changes have been put in place to address those cited problems.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER Medicare and Medicaid certified?

SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER is Medicare certified and Medicaid certified according to CMS data.

What is SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER's CMS star rating?

SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER has an overall CMS rating of 1 out of 5 stars.

How is staffing at SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER?

SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER reports 3.16971 total nurse hours per resident day.

Has SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER had health inspection deficiencies?

On its most recent inspection, SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER had 27 total deficiencies, including 3 classified as severe.

How many beds does SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER have?

SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER has 120 certified beds.

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Data Source

This information is sourced from official CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) public datasets.

CMS Provider Information updated May 1, 2026.

CMS Survey Summary updated May 1, 2026.

CMS Health Deficiencies updated May 1, 2026.

CareQED last updated June 22, 2026.

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