Shearer-Richardson Memorial Nursing Home is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1975-02-02. 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 (662) 447-5463 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Shearer-Richardson Memorial Nursing Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 60.5/100, placing it #11908 of 14703 facilities nationally and #138 of 202 in Mississippi. 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 Shearer-Richardson Memorial Nursing Home receives a reported average of 4 hours 45 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 14 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 8 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 22 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 59 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $20,050. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $20,050, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 25.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Shearer-Richardson Memorial Nursing Home ranks 11908th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 60.5/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MS, it ranks 138th out of 202 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,700 nationally and RN hours rank #1,028 nationally (#9 in MS). Our composite quality score of 60.5/100 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 Okolona, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/mississippi/okolona/