Gulfport Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2014-08-18. 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 (228) 701-1500 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Gulfport Care 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 (1★), 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 50.2/100, placing it #13984 of 14703 facilities nationally and #191 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 Gulfport Care Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 5 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 27 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 30 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 8 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 11 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 75.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $24,281. 2 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $24,281, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 238.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Gulfport Care Center ranks 13984th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 50.2/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MS, it ranks 191st out of 202 nursing homes. In Gulfport, it ranks 3rd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,336 nationally and RN hours rank #9,884 nationally (#140 in MS). Our composite quality score of 50.2/100 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 Gulfport, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/mississippi/gulfport/