Laurelwood Health Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1997-04-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (731) 422-5641 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Laurelwood Health Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 59.3/100, placing it #12235 of 14703 facilities nationally and #258 of 303 in Tennessee. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Laurelwood Health Care Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 29 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 20 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 8 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 1 minute. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 56 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 44.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $126,516. 3 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $126,516, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 68.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Laurelwood Health Care Center ranks 12235th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 59.3/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within TN, it ranks 258th out of 303 nursing homes. In Jackson, it ranks 5th out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,251 nationally and RN hours rank #12,049 nationally (#269 in TN). Our composite quality score of 59.3/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Jackson, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/tennessee/jackson/