Nursing home
Talladega Healthcare Center
616 Chaffee Street, Talladega, AL 35160 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Rehab Select (5 facilities) · 234 certified beds
Talladega Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Talladega, Alabama. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.61 hours per resident per day, above the Alabama average of 3.91. Its most recent inspection on Mar 11, 2022 cited 2 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Talladega Healthcare Center compares
This facility vs. the Alabama and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Alabama avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.61 | 3.91 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.45 | 0.64 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.16 | 2.50 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 51.8% | 48.7% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 2.0 | 3.9 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at Talladega Healthcare Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Mar 11, 2022 - Potential for harm
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 11, 2022 - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Aug 1, 2019 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 1, 2019 - Potential for harm
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.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 1, 2019
Show all 9 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 1, 2019 - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 1, 2019 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jun 21, 2018 - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 21, 2018
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 616 Chaffee Street
Talladega, AL 35160 - CMS certification #
- 015162
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 234
- Avg residents/day
- 224.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1977-03-01
- Chain
- Rehab Select (5 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Rehab Select
Rehab Select operates 5 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Rehab Select facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2011
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Talladega Healthcare Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Dec 10, 2011 to Dec 7, 2013. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours). Employer as DOL recorded it: Talladega Healthcare Center (Talladege Healthcare Inc). Case 1710366.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Citizens Baptist Medical Center, Talladega. 0.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Meadowview Nursing Center, Pell City. 15.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Compassus Home Health, Pell City. 13.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 15.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 35160 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Talladega Dialysis, Talladega, 0.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Landmark Dialysis, Talladega, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 17 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 35160.
Lakeside Hospice Inc, office in Pell City, 12.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Compassus Southern Alabama, office in Pell City, 13.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Aveanna Hospice Of Pell City, office in Pell City, 14.2 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- American Family Care, LLC, Birmingham. 34.6 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire very low, tornado very high, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Talladega Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Talladega Healthcare Center an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Talladega Healthcare Center staffed?
Talladega Healthcare Center reports 4.61 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Alabama average of 3.91.
Has Talladega Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does Talladega Healthcare Center have?
Talladega Healthcare Center is certified for 234 beds.