Highfield Nursing And Rehabilitation
Highfield Nursing and Rehabilitation in Cary, NC — inspection on March 26, 2026.
Found 2 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
then she looked closer at it and then stated it looked like mold and shower grime.
She stated the
she believed the housekeeper responsible for that shower room needed to do a better job and use a
clean the shower room again.
She observed the area on the ceiling and stated the black areas looked like mold, but that housekeeping could not address that area because it was too high and that the maintenance staff would have needed to address the area on the ceiling.
During an interview and observation on 3/26/26 at 9:44AM with the Housekeeper #1, she revealed she was the housekeeper for the 100/200 halls, and she had not been cleaning the 100/200 shower room for about 6 months.
She explained she was physically unable to clean the shower.
She stated that the 100/200 shower room had been tasked to the other housekeepers and the Housekeeping Assistant Supervisor.
The Housekeeper stated when she observed the 100/200 shower room shower yesterday (3/25/26) there was mold all over the tile and she explained she took care of it with bleach.
She indicated she had been employed by the facility for 2 years in July and the discolored spot on the ceiling had been there the entire time.
She further stated she had told the maintenance workers before about the ceiling and the loose and broken tiles, but the maintenance workers who were employed before did not do what they were supposed to do.
The Housekeeper could not remember if she told the current maintenance worker about the discolored ceiling or loose and broken tiles in the shower.An interview on 3/24/26 at 9:20AM with the Housekeeping Supervisor revealed he had not been aware of the spot on the ceiling in the 100/200 shower room. He stated nobody had notified him of that area before and he stated he did not look up when he went in there at different times.
The Housekeeping Supervisor explained that he thought a pipe had leaked up in the ceiling to cause that ring of discoloration and that someone would need to get up above the ceiling to be able to find out what was leaking. He stated he could not say for sure what the pink, black, and black spotted buildup on the shower walls and floor (tiles and grout) or the black spotted buildup on the ceiling was. On 3/24/26 at 2:40PM an interview with the Housekeeping Supervisor revealed he had deep cleaned the floors in the 100/200 shower room every week and cleaned the ceiling vents near the discolored ceiling area but had not noticed the discolored ring on the ceiling.
During an interview with the Administrator on 3/26/26 at 10:11AM the Administrator stated the housekeepers and maintenance workers should keep the shower room clean and in good repair.
Federal health inspectors cited Highfield Nursing and Rehabilitation in Cary, NC for a deficiency under regulatory tag F-F0880 during a standard health inspection conducted on 2026-03-26.
Category: Infection Control Deficiencies
The facility was found deficient in the following area: Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Scope/Severity Level D: isolated, no actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm.
While no actual harm was documented, there was potential for more than minimal harm to residents.
This was one of 2 deficiencies cited during this inspection of Highfield Nursing and Rehabilitation.
Correction Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction.
The facility reported correction as of 2026-04-13.
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Source: This inspection report was downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases nursing home inspection reports in bulk. The findings reflect what state surveyors documented in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies on the date of the inspection.
Plan of correction not included: The CMS report we receive does not include the facility's plan of correction. Facilities submit plans of correction separately to their state survey agency and those responses may not appear in CMS public data at the time of release. The absence of a plan of correction in this report does not mean one was not filed. Readers who want information about corrective steps taken by the facility are encouraged to contact the facility or their state survey agency directly.
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