Nursing home
Tupelo Community Care Center
1901 Briar Ridge Road, Tupelo, MS 38804 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Norbert Bennett & Donald Denz (29 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Tupelo Community Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Tupelo, Mississippi. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.47 hours per resident per day, below the Mississippi average of 4.21. Its most recent inspection on Dec 11, 2025 cited 8 deficiencies.
- 5 fines totaling $62,606In CMS records: 6 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Tupelo Community Care 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) | 3.47 | 4.21 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.49 | 0.63 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.11 | 2.48 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 59.6% | 47.8% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 8.0 | 6.7 | 9.5 | above 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 5 fines totaling $62,606, 6 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Tupelo Community Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual 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 · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
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 · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Sep 11, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Administration Deficiencies · Sep 11, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Sep 11, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
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
- 1901 Briar Ridge Road
Tupelo, MS 38804 - CMS certification #
- 255136
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 112.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1991-02-01
- Chain
- Norbert Bennett & Donald Denz (29 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Norbert Bennett & Donald Denz
Norbert Bennett & Donald Denz operates 29 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Norbert Bennett & Donald Denz facilities →
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
Full public records, with dates and sources
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo. 2.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Diversicare of Tupelo, Tupelo. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- North Mississippi Medical Ctr Hha, Tupelo. 2.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Tupelo Family Pharmacy. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 38804 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fkc Lee County, Tupelo, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Tupelo Home Therapies, Tupelo, 2.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Tupelo, Tupelo, 3.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 11 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 38804.
North Mississippi Medical Ctr, office in Tupelo, 2.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Spring Vallley Hospice Of Tupelo, office in Tupelo, 3.3 miles away, straight line
Vitalcaring Group, office in Tupelo, 4.2 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Russellville Hospital Inc., Russellville. 50.4 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 high, earthquake relatively high. 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 | 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 | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tupelo Community Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Tupelo Community Care Center an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Tupelo Community Care Center staffed?
Tupelo Community Care Center reports 3.47 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Mississippi average of 4.21.
Has Tupelo Community Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 8 deficiencies.
How many beds does Tupelo Community Care Center have?
Tupelo Community Care Center is certified for 120 beds.