Nursing home
Azalea Gardens Nursing Center
530 Hall St, Wiggins, MS 39577 · Map
For profit - Individual · 99 certified beds
Azalea Gardens Nursing Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Wiggins, Mississippi. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.86 hours per resident per day, below the Mississippi average of 4.21. Its most recent inspection on Mar 6, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Azalea Gardens Nursing Center compares
This facility vs. the Mississippi and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Mississippi avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.86 | 4.21 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.72 | 0.63 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.10 | 2.48 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 27.9% | 47.8% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 6.7 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the March 6, 2025 inspection was corrected by April 10, 2025
What inspectors found at Azalea Gardens Nursing 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 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 22, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jun 22, 2023
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Immediate jeopardy
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Jan 31, 2020 - Immediate jeopardy
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 31, 2020 - Immediate jeopardy
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 31, 2020 - Immediate jeopardy
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 31, 2020 - Immediate jeopardy
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 31, 2020 - Actual harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 31, 2020 - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 31, 2020
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
- 530 Hall St
Wiggins, MS 39577 - CMS certification #
- 255233
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Certified beds
- 99
- Avg residents/day
- 61.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1996-05-07
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Azalea Gardens Nursing 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.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24/7 Professional Nursing Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Pearl River County Hospital, Poplarville. 23.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Stone County Rehabilitation and Nursing CTR INC, Wiggins. 1.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Adoration Home Health, Biloxi. 26.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Health Mart Pharmacy. 25.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 39577 as rural (rural area).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Wiggins Dialysis, Wiggins, 4.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 14 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 39577.
Vitalcaring Group, office in Wiggins, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Exceed Physical Therapy, LLC, Gulfport. 26.3 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)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Wiggins, MS, risk to homes is greater than 94% of communities in Mississippi and 92% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very high, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado relatively 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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 Azalea Gardens Nursing Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Azalea Gardens Nursing Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Azalea Gardens Nursing Center staffed?
Azalea Gardens Nursing Center reports 3.86 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Mississippi average of 4.21.
Has Azalea Gardens Nursing Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Azalea Gardens Nursing Center have?
Azalea Gardens Nursing Center is certified for 99 beds.