Diversicare of Bessemer: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Diversicare of Bessemer is a 180-bed for-profit nursing home in Bessemer, Alabama, part of Diversicare Healthcare. 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 56.8% nursing staff turnover (Alabama average 46.9%).
Diversicare of Bessemer
820 Golf Course RoadBessemer, AL 35020
Jefferson 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 Diversicare of Bessemer, nurse aides logged 2.23 hours per resident per day, 9% below the Alabama average. With about 141 residents a day, that works out to roughly 313 aide hours a day, or about 39 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% 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 | 0.59 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.52 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.33 | 3.88 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.91 | 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
56.8% of nursing staff at Diversicare of Bessemer left over the year CMS measured, against a Alabama average of 46.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 50.0%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 2, 2022. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 13 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. Diversicare of Bessemer holds 1 of 5 overall; the Alabama average is 3.0.
About Diversicare of Bessemer
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Diversicare Healthcare, 44 homes
- Legal name: Diversicare of Bessemer LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1978
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Diversicare of Bessemer
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Oaks on Parkwood Skilled Nursing Facility Bessemer | 2.5 | 130 | 2.61 | 3.97 | 44.2% | 1 | $17,345 |
| Plantation Manor Nursing Home MC Calla | 4.1 | 103 | 2.30 | 3.49 | 36.4% | 3 | None |
| Stonehaven Health and Rehabilitation Center Bessemer | 5.1 | 79 | 1.73 | 3.25 | 72.5% | 1 | None |
| Northgate Health and Rehabilitation Center Bessemer | 5.2 | 69 | 1.72 | 3.19 | 78.6% | 2 | $17,346 |
| Baron House of Hueytown Hueytown | 5.4 | 50 | 1.99 | 3.03 | 45.5% | 4 | None |
| Self Skilled Nursing & Rehab Hueytown | 6.1 | 131 | 2.72 | 4.20 | 51.1% | 1 | None |
| Caregivers of Pleasant Grove, Inc Pleasant Grove | 8.4 | 64 | 2.89 | 3.94 | 52.6% | 1 | None |
| Legacy Health and Rehabilitation of Pleasant Grove Pleasant Grove | 8.5 | 189 | 2.85 | 4.18 | 53.2% | 1 | 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.