Comfort Care Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Comfort Care Nursing Center is a 126-bed government-run nursing home in Laurel, Mississippi. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.58 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 6% above the Mississippi average of 2.43.
Comfort Care Nursing Center
1100 West DriveLaurel, MS 39440
Jones 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 Comfort Care Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 2.58 hours per resident per day, 6% above the Mississippi average. With about 116 residents a day, that works out to roughly 297 aide hours a day, or about 37 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 24% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Mississippi avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.58 | 2.43 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.33 | 1.11 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.56 | 0.64 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.47 | 4.18 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.38 | 3.51 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Comfort Care Nursing Center in this release. No administrators left over the same period.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 18, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (Mississippi average 6.7). 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. Comfort Care Nursing Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Mississippi average is 2.8.
About Comfort Care Nursing Center
- Ownership: Government - County
- Legal name: South Central Regional Medical Center
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 29, 2022
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Comfort Care Nursing Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Laurelwood Community Living Center Laurel | 0.1 | 60 | 1.98 | 3.48 | 54.1% | 1 | $8,788 |
| Care Center of Laurel Laurel | 0.2 | 120 | 2.15 | 3.92 | 41.2% | 3 | None |
| Jones Co Rest Home Ellisville | 6.0 | 122 | 2.56 | 4.24 | — | 2 | $25,953 |
| Jasper County NH Bay Springs | 19.0 | 110 | 2.82 | 4.57 | 42.7% | 2 | None |
| Landmark of Collins Collins | 23.3 | 60 | 2.39 | 3.92 | 67.7% | 4 | None |
| Arrington Living Center Collins | 23.7 | 60 | 2.64 | 4.61 | 46.8% | 4 | $17,727 |
| Bedford Care Center of Petal Petal | 24.4 | 60 | 2.48 | 4.28 | 64.5% | 5 | $22,198 |
| Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit Hattiesburg | 24.7 | 30 | 2.75 | 8.20 | 44.8% | 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.