Arabella Health And Wellness Of Fairhope is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2002-06-14. 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 (251) 928-2177 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Arabella Health And Wellness Of Fairhope 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 (3★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 69.0/100, placing it #8765 of 14703 facilities nationally and #131 of 224 in Alabama. 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 Arabella Health And Wellness Of Fairhope receives a reported average of 3 hours 16 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 41 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 41 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 54 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 54 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 64.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 30 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $63,957. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 18.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Arabella Health And Wellness Of Fairhope ranks 8765th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.0/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within AL, it ranks 131st out of 224 nursing homes. In Fairhope, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,375 nationally and RN hours rank #5,204 nationally (#76 in AL). Our composite quality score of 69.0/100 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 Fairhope, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/alabama/fairhope/