Laurelwood Community Living Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2000-07-01. 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 (601) 425-3191 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Laurelwood Community Living Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (2★), 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 52.9/100, placing it #13626 of 14703 facilities nationally and #186 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 Laurelwood Community Living Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 30 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 24 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 8 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 58 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 9 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 63.6%. 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 $13,520. 10 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 $13,520, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 80.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Laurelwood Community Living Center ranks 13626th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 52.9/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MS, it ranks 186th out of 202 nursing homes. In Laurel, it ranks 3rd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,040 nationally and RN hours rank #10,867 nationally (#159 in MS). Our composite quality score of 52.9/100 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 Laurel, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/mississippi/laurel/