Tupelo Community Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Tupelo Community Care Center is a 120-bed nonprofit nursing home in Tupelo, Mississippi. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.86 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 23% below the Mississippi average of 2.43, and 60.8% nursing staff turnover (Mississippi average 45.7%).
Tupelo Community Care Center
1901 Briar Ridge RoadTupelo, MS 38804
Lee 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 Tupelo Community Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.86 hours per resident per day, 23% below the Mississippi average. With about 108 residents a day, that works out to roughly 202 aide hours a day, or about 25 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 19% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Mississippi avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.86 | 2.43 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.02 | 1.11 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.48 | 0.64 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.36 | 4.18 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.72 | 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
60.8% of nursing staff at Tupelo Community Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Mississippi average of 45.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 37.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 11, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 health deficiencies (Mississippi average 6.7). CMS lists 5 fines totaling $61,998 and 1 payment denial in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2025 | Fine | $12,438 |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Fine | $34,047 |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Payment Denial | 4 days from Mar 13, 2025 |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Fine | $5,171 |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Fine | $5,171 |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Fine | $5,171 |
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. Tupelo Community Care Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the Mississippi average is 2.8.
About Tupelo Community Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 1, 1991
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Tupelo Community Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Diversicare of Tupelo Tupelo | 0.5 | 120 | 2.03 | 3.30 | 38.8% | 2 | $20,284 |
| Cedars Health Center Tupelo · abuse citation | 4.6 | 140 | 3.15 | 4.86 | 48.8% | 3 | $16,153 |
| Courtyards Comm Living Center Fulton | 15.8 | 66 | 2.36 | 3.63 | 50.8% | 2 | $132,468 |
| The Meadows Fulton | 15.8 | 130 | 1.94 | 3.77 | 51.8% | 2 | $8,278 |
| Shearer-Richardson Memorial Nursing Home Okolona | 17.2 | 73 | 2.92 | 4.30 | 56.6% | 3 | $12,149 |
| NMMC Baldwyn Nursing Facility Baldwyn | 17.5 | 107 | 2.22 | 3.87 | 46.1% | 2 | $8,788 |
| Sunshine Health Care, Inc Pontotoc | 17.8 | 60 | — | — | — | 5 | None |
| Pontotoc Nursing Home Pontotoc | 18.4 | 44 | 2.58 | 4.27 | 28.6% | 4 | 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.