COMFORT CARE NURSING CENTER
Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since 2022-09-29, COMFORT CARE NURSING CENTER is a 126-bed nursing home in LAUREL, Mississippi, averaging 115.5 residents a day.
Has COMFORT CARE NURSING CENTER been cited for violations?
CMS lists 14 health-inspection deficiencies for COMFORT CARE NURSING CENTER, all of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is F; the most recent health inspection was 2026-05-12.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D |
| 2025-11-18 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F |
| 2025-11-18 | F0585, F0609 | Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. / Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | E |
| 2025-11-18 | F0550, F0600, F0602, F0761 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. / Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. | D |
| 2025-06-12 | F0580, F0656, F0658, F0742, F0842 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | E |
| 2024-05-16 | F0851 | Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data. | D |
How is COMFORT CARE NURSING CENTER staffed?
| Measure | This facility | MS average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 4.46774 | 4.17985 |
| Average number of residents per day | 115.5 | 73.7 |
Who owns COMFORT CARE NURSING CENTER?
COMFORT CARE NURSING CENTER is registered with CMS as Government - County, operates under the legal business name SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| CORPORATE DIRECTOR | STAINES, LANE | since 08/21/2024 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | EAST, STEPHEN, GIBBES, GREGG | since 06/16/2025 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, GIBBES, GREGG, HASBARGEN, BRITTANY, HICKS, JUDITH, PIPPEN, ALEXANDER | since 07/01/2014 |
| TRUSTEE OF THE SNF | BREWER, ELSA, GOINS, LEWIS, JONES, VICTOR, LOWE, MICHAEL, SCOGGIN, JACK, SIGGERS, ARTHUR, WALTERS, GEORGE | since 06/17/2024 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | DAVIS, MELISSA, EAST, STEPHEN, HASBARGEN, BRITTANY, HICKS, JUDITH, NORTON, MARK, PIPPEN, ALEXANDER, STAINES, LANE | since 01/18/2018 |
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