Goodwater Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Goodwater Healthcare Center is a 72-bed for-profit nursing home in Goodwater, Alabama, part of Prime Health Care Enterprises. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.27 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 34% above the Alabama average of 2.44, and 37.8% nursing staff turnover (Alabama average 46.9%).
Goodwater Healthcare Center
16 Jones Hill RoadGoodwater, AL 35072
Coosa 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 Goodwater Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 3.27 hours per resident per day, 34% above the Alabama average. With about 62 residents a day, that works out to roughly 201 aide hours a day, or about 25 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) | 3.27 | 2.44 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.55 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.63 | 3.88 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.88 | 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
37.8% of nursing staff at Goodwater Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Alabama average of 46.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 25.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 15, 2021. 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. Goodwater Healthcare Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Alabama average is 3.0.
About Goodwater Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Prime Health Care Enterprises, 5 homes
- Legal name: Goodwater Healthcare Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 1978
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Goodwater Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Brown Nursing Home Alexander City | 9.1 | 68 | 2.01 | 3.75 | 60.7% | 4 | None |
| Adams Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Alexander City | 10.8 | 88 | 2.63 | 4.13 | 48.1% | 5 | None |
| Chapman Healthcare Center, Inc Alexander City | 13.3 | 188 | 3.09 | 4.30 | 33.5% | 5 | None |
| Coosa Valley Healthcare Center Sylacauga | 13.4 | 85 | 2.57 | 4.28 | 46.7% | 5 | None |
| Sylacauga Health and Rehab Services Sylacauga | 14.2 | 149 | 2.50 | 3.82 | 41.2% | 4 | None |
| Clay County Nursing Home Ashland | 19.6 | 83 | 2.23 | 3.73 | 39.7% | 3 | None |
| Dadeville Healthcare Center Dadeville | 23.6 | 144 | 2.96 | 4.41 | 34.5% | 3 | None |
| Lineville Health and Rehabilitation, LLC Lineville | 23.6 | 101 | 2.79 | 3.99 | 54.9% | 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.