Lafayette Extended Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Lafayette Extended Care is a 69-bed for-profit nursing home in Lafayette, Alabama, part of Prime Health Care Enterprises. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.58 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 6% above the Alabama average of 2.44, and 41.2% nursing staff turnover (Alabama average 46.9%).
Lafayette Extended Care
805 Hospital Street SouthwestLafayette, AL 36862
Chambers 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 Lafayette Extended Care, nurse aides logged 2.58 hours per resident per day, 6% above the Alabama average. With about 58 residents a day, that works out to roughly 151 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 7% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: The facility reported a high number of days without a registered nurse on site.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Alabama avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.58 | 2.44 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.76 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.47 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.82 | 3.88 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.56 | 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
41.2% of nursing staff at Lafayette Extended Care 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%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 22, 2020. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (Alabama average 4.0). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $4,558 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2024 | Fine | $4,558 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Lafayette Extended Care holds 2 of 5 overall; the Alabama average is 3.0.
About Lafayette Extended Care
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Prime Health Care Enterprises, 5 homes
- Legal name: Lafayette Extended Care,l.L.C
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 1978
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Lafayette Extended Care
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Lafayette Nursing Home Lafayette | 0.7 | 63 | 1.75 | 3.19 | — | 2 | None |
| Diversicare of Lanett Lanett | 12.6 | 85 | 1.65 | 2.81 | 50.0% | 4 | None |
| Eamc Lanier Nursing Home Valley | 14.7 | 103 | 2.32 | 3.79 | 32.4% | 5 | None |
| Arbor Springs Health and Rehab Center, LTD Opelika | 17.3 | 225 | 2.67 | 4.57 | 49.7% | 2 | None |
| Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center Roanoke | 17.5 | 65 | 2.16 | 3.50 | 18.9% | 2 | None |
| Arbor Lake Health and Rehab Auburn | 17.7 | 87 | 2.45 | 3.62 | 51.7% | 3 | None |
| Traylor Retirement Community Roanoke | 18.8 | 123 | 2.50 | 4.14 | 40.8% | 4 | None |
| Dadeville Healthcare Center Dadeville | 20.5 | 144 | 2.96 | 4.41 | 34.5% | 3 | 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.