Clay County Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Clay County Nursing Home is a 83-bed nonprofit nursing home in Ashland, Alabama. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.23 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 9% below the Alabama average of 2.44, and 39.7% nursing staff turnover (Alabama average 46.9%).
Clay County Nursing Home
83825 Highway 9Ashland, AL 36251
Clay 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 Clay County Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.23 hours per resident per day, 9% below the Alabama average. With about 71 residents a day, that works out to roughly 157 aide hours a day, or about 20 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Alabama avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.23 | 2.44 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.86 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.73 | 3.88 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.14 | 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
39.7% of nursing staff at Clay County 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 20.0%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 16, 2022. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 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. Clay County Nursing Home holds 3 of 5 overall; the Alabama average is 3.0.
About Clay County Nursing Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Legal name: Clay County Healthcare Authority
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 1, 1974
- Located inside a hospital
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Clay County Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Lineville Health and Rehabilitation, LLC Lineville | 4.1 | 101 | 2.79 | 3.99 | 54.9% | 5 | None |
| Talladega Healthcare Center, Inc Talladega | 18.6 | 234 | 3.09 | 4.50 | 56.1% | 3 | None |
| Goodwater Healthcare Center Goodwater | 19.6 | 72 | 3.27 | 4.63 | 37.8% | 5 | None |
| Diversicare of Oxford Oxford | 22.9 | 173 | 2.12 | 3.19 | 44.8% | 1 | $111,900 |
| Adams Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Alexander City | 24.0 | 88 | 2.63 | 4.13 | 48.1% | 5 | None |
| Brown Nursing Home Alexander City | 24.2 | 68 | 2.01 | 3.75 | 60.7% | 4 | None |
| NHC Healthcare, Anniston Anniston · abuse citation | 24.5 | 151 | 2.15 | 3.47 | 46.0% | 2 | $11,057 |
| Chapman Healthcare Center, Inc Alexander City | 26.0 | 188 | 3.09 | 4.30 | 33.5% | 5 | 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.