Brown Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Brown Nursing Home is a 68-bed for-profit nursing home in Alexander City, Alabama, part of Crowne Health Care. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.01 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 18% below the Alabama average of 2.44, and 60.7% nursing staff turnover (Alabama average 46.9%).
Brown Nursing Home
2334 Washington StreetAlexander City, AL 35010
Tallapoosa County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Brown Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.01 hours per resident per day, 18% below the Alabama average. With about 64 residents a day, that works out to roughly 128 aide hours a day, or about 16 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 17% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Alabama avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.01 | 2.44 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.25 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.50 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.75 | 3.88 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.13 | 3.26 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
60.7% of nursing staff at Brown Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Alabama average of 46.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 66.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 5, 2020. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 0 health deficiencies (Alabama average 4.0). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Brown Nursing Home holds 4 of 5 overall; the Alabama average is 3.0.
About Brown Nursing Home
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Crowne Health Care, 18 homes
- Legal name: Brown Nursing Home, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 1, 1977
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Brown Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Adams Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Alexander City | 2.3 | 88 | 2.63 | 4.13 | 48.1% | 5 | None |
| Chapman Healthcare Center, Inc Alexander City | 4.4 | 188 | 3.09 | 4.30 | 33.5% | 5 | None |
| Goodwater Healthcare Center Goodwater | 9.1 | 72 | 3.27 | 4.63 | 37.8% | 5 | None |
| Dadeville Healthcare Center Dadeville | 15.2 | 144 | 2.96 | 4.41 | 34.5% | 3 | None |
| Coosa Valley Healthcare Center Sylacauga | 21.6 | 85 | 2.57 | 4.28 | 46.7% | 5 | None |
| Sylacauga Health and Rehab Services Sylacauga | 22.3 | 149 | 2.50 | 3.82 | 41.2% | 4 | None |
| Clay County Nursing Home Ashland | 24.2 | 83 | 2.23 | 3.73 | 39.7% | 3 | None |
| Tallassee Health and Rehabilitation, LLC Tallassee | 26.5 | 111 | 2.30 | 3.59 | 56.1% | 2 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.