Federal inspection record · CMS data as of October 1, 2026
Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center
298 Cahal Street, Hattiesburg, MS · (601) 544-5300
- Certified beds
- 60
- Residents per day
- 58
- Ownership
- For-Profit
- Chain
- No chain reported
- Medicare / Medicaid
- Medicaid
- Certified since
- July 9, 2007
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How this home got 4 stars
The overall rating isn't an average. CMS starts from the inspection rating and nudges it at most two steps. Here is the arithmetic for this home, using CMS's own rules.
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Health inspections
★★★★★starting point
Everything starts from what state inspectors found on site. This is a ranking against other homes in Mississippi.
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Staffing
★★★★★no change
Only a 5-star staffing rating adds a star, and only a 1-star rating removes one. Ratings of 2 to 4 change nothing.
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Quality measures
★★★★★no change
Same rule: 5 stars adds one, 1 star takes one away. These measures are mostly reported by the home itself.
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Overall
★★★★★4 of 5
Matches the rating CMS publishes on Care Compare.
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Where it sits among Mississippi homes
Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center carries 22.75 inspection points. That is fewer than 75% of Mississippi's 199 rated homes.
Inspectors' citations earn points by how serious and how widespread they were (the grid below). CMS then ranks every home in Mississippi: the 10% with the fewest points get 5 stars, the 20% with the most get 1 star, and the middle 70% split evenly into 2, 3 and 4.
- 5★ 0–15 pts
- 4★ 15–30 pts
- 3★ 30–47 pts
- 2★ 47–78.5 pts
- 1★ over 78.5 pts
Bars show every rated home in Mississippi by its weighted inspection score. CMS recalibrates the cut points monthly but holds a home's rating until its own score changes, so a home can sit just outside today's band.
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What inspectors found
3 health citations on record since 2023. Each one gets a letter: the row says how badly residents were affected, the column how many.
Immediate jeopardyResidents at risk of serious injury or death
Actual harmA resident was hurt
Potential for harmNo one was hurt, but could have been
Minimal harmPaperwork-level problems
Read the rows, not the total. Most citations nationwide are a D: one problem, nobody hurt. Rows G–I mean a resident was harmed; J–L mean inspectors found residents in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Small numbers in each cell are the inspection points CMS assigns per citation. Those points are what the state curve above ranks.
Harm and immediate-jeopardy citations (2)
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H
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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H
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Everything else, by area of care
Nutrition and Dietary1F
- F
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspection history
2025-08-14
0 health deficiencies · 0 fire-safety deficiencies
No concentrated health issue counts in this cycle.
2024-03-07
1 health deficiencies · 0 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Nutrition and Dietary (1 deficiency)
2021-11-23
2 health deficiencies · 0 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Freedom from Abuse and Neglect and Exploitation (1 deficiency)
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Nursing time per resident, per day
Each resident here gets about 4 h 50 min of nursing staff time a day, 32 min of it from a registered nurse.
This home
4 h 50 min
Mississippi average
4 h 12 min
U.S. average
3 h 54 min
- Registered nurse
- Licensed practical nurse
- Nurse aide
Turnover: 55% of nursing staff and 43% of registered nurses left in the past year.
Reported hours from payroll data the home submits to CMS, divided by its daily resident count. Not adjusted for how sick residents are.
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Fines and payment denials
$66,700 in federal fines on record over the past three years.
| Date | Penalty | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-28 | Fine | $66,700 |
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Resident outcomes
Quality measures compared with state and national averages. Most come from assessments the home itself reports.
| Measure | This home | State | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days0.8 pts better | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days0.1 pts worse | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.7 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine4.7 pts better | 100.0% | 95.3% | 93.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine3.3 pts worse | 94.0% | 97.3% | 95.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury3.3 pts worse | 6.4% | 3.1% | 3.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms1.2 pts worse | 2.8% | 1.6% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight3.2 pts better | 3.1% | 6.3% | 5.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication9.5 pts better | 14.3% | 23.8% | 19.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication14.2 pts worse | 36.0% | 21.8% | 15.4% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained0.2 pts better | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened4.9 pts better | 13.4% | 18.3% | 12.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased7.8 pts worse | 28.1% | 20.3% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder1.3 pts better | 0.0% | 1.3% | 0.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection0.1 pts worse | 2.6% | 2.5% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence0.2 pts worse | 20.1% | 19.9% | 18.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers3.1 pts better | 3.1% | 6.2% | 4.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine5 pts worse | 84.0% | 89.0% | 82.3% |
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