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Bedford Care Center of Petal
908 S George Street, Petal, MS 39465 · Forrest County · (601) 544-7441
60 certified beds, about 57 residents a day · For profit - Limited Liability company · Medicare and Medicaid since 1992
CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 255149 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes
The record in brief
At its most recent standard inspection, on March 20, 2025, inspectors cited 1 health deficiency (the Mississippi average is 6.8, the national average 9.2).
None of its 6 health citations since February 2021 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
CMS lists 1 fine totaling $22,198 in the last three years; the largest was $22,198, and the latest is dated December 8, 2023.
Nurses and nurse aides worked 4.28 hours per resident per day, against 4.18 across Mississippi and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.65 of those hours.
64.5% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Mississippi average 45.7%).
CMS links it to Bedford Care Centers, an affiliated group of 7 nursing homes.
Health inspections
Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.
Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.
Where its citations fall on CMS's grid
CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 6 health citations on file.
November 25, 2025Complaint inspection · 1 citation
- D Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure a resident's right to be treated with dignity and to retain personal belongings when a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) removed a resident's personal cellphone against her wishes for one (1) of three (3) sampled residents, Resident #1.
March 20, 2025Standard inspection · 1 citation
- D Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure residents receiving oxygen (O2) therapy received care according to professional standards, as evidenced by, O2 tubing was undated for three (3) of four (4) days of survey.
October 5, 2023Standard inspection · 3 citations
- E Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, staff interviews, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to store food in accordance with professional standards for food service safety related to food items not dated with a use-by-date, food items without an identifying label, and food items not discarded prior to or by the use-by date for one (1) of two (2) kitchen observations. Findings Include: A review of the facility's policy Food Safety Requirements, revised 11/21/22, revealed, .Food will be stored .in accordance with professional standards for food service safety .Policy Interpretation and Implementation .3. Facility staff will .ensure timely and proper storage .c. Refrigerated storage .iv. Labeling, dating, and monitoring refrigerated food, including, but not limited to leftovers, so it is used by its use-by-date, or frozen (where applicable)/discarded . [...]
- E Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, staff interview, record review, and the facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure residents on contact isolation precautions received disposable tableware and silverware to prevent the possible spread of infection for two (2) of two (2) residents on contact isolation precautions.
- D Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review, staff interview, and facility policy review, the facility failed to accurately code the Minimum Data Set (MDS) for one (1) of 21 sampled residents.
February 4, 2021Standard inspection · 1 citation
- E Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to prevent the possible spread of infection related to cross contamination during wound cleansing, failure to remove soiled gloves and perform hand hygiene prior to starting wound care for Resident #7, and applying ointments directly to open wounds with a gloved hand for Resident #7 and Resident #9 for two (2) of three (3) pressure wound care observations Resident #7 and Resident #9. Findings Include: The facility's, Wound Care procedure, dated February 2016, revealed staff should put on exam gloves, loosen the tape, remove the old dressing, pull the gloves over dressing and discard into appropriate receptacle. This policy noted staff should then wash and dry hands thoroughly. [...]
Fire safety inspections
1 fire safety citation on file: 1 on October 5, 2023.
Every fire safety citation1 citation
- F Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Fines and payment denials
| Date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| December 8, 2023 | Fine | $22,198 |
| December 8, 2023 | Payment Denial | 13 days from January 2, 2024 |
A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stopped paying for new admissions for that period.
Staffing
Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.
| Measure | This home | Mississippi | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides) | 4.28 | 4.18 | 3.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff on weekends | 3.71 | 3.50 | 3.42 |
| Nurse aides | 2.48 | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.16 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year) | 64.5% | 45.7% | 45.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 50.0% | 38.5% | 42.9% |
| Administrators who left | 0 |
CMS expects 3.19 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.
Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records
Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 4.51 on weekdays and 3.71 on weekends, 18% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 12.4% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 4.54 in April to June 2025 to 4.28 in January to March 2026.
| Quarter | All nursing staff | Registered nurses | Weekdays | Weekends | Contract staff share | Days with no RN hours | Residents a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan to Mar 2026 | 4.28 | 0.65 | 4.51 | 3.71 | 12.4% | 0 of 90 | 57 |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 4.66 | 0.62 | 5.00 | 3.80 | 19.2% | 0 of 92 | 55 |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 4.23 | 0.54 | 4.53 | 3.45 | 24.7% | 0 of 92 | 58 |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 4.54 | 0.59 | 4.85 | 3.77 | 19.5% | 0 of 91 | 53 |
| United States, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.75 | 0.62 | 3.92 | 3.33 | 5.3% | 0.5% of days | |
| Mississippi, Jan to Mar 2026 | 4.09 | 0.60 | 4.35 | 3.44 | 6.2% | 0.1% of days |
Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.
Staff pay reports
Staff pay at this home
No staff pay figure for this home has passed review yet. A figure appears only after at least 5 reports from at least 3 different people, sent over at least 60 days, have passed review.
Official wage estimates for Mississippi
| Job | Median | Middle half | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi, all employers | |||
| CNAs (nursing assistants) | $15.15 | $14.19 to $16.92 | 14,200 |
| LPNs and LVNs | $24.14 | $22.50 to $27.90 | 9,850 |
| Registered nurses | $37.06 | $31.22 to $40.62 | 29,060 |
| United States, nursing care facilities | |||
| CNAs (nursing assistants) | $20.67 | $17.91 to $22.55 | 534,270 |
| LPNs and LVNs | $33.86 | $30.05 to $37.40 | 188,210 |
| Registered nurses | $41.11 | $37.85 to $47.68 | 142,270 |
Hourly wages; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS has no separate estimate for medication aides. These are survey estimates for whole occupations, not figures for any one home.
Quality measures
The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.
| Measure | This home | Mississippi | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 20.8 | 20.5 | 13.9 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 32.4 | 19.6 | 14.1 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 4.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 30.5 | 21.7 | 15.4 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 43.5 | 27.7 | 23.8 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 8.7 | 15.5 | 12.0 |
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.8 |
Owners and operators
Legal business name: BEDFORD CARE CENTER OF PETAL, LLC. CMS links this home to Bedford Care Centers, a group of 7 nursing homes averaging 2.9 stars overall.
| Name | Role | Type | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Health Properties, LLC | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Organization | 12/01/2001 | |
| Bevon, Nicole | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Individual | 12/01/2001 | |
| McElroy, Michael | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Individual | 12/01/2001 | |
| Michael E. McElroy Family Trust Fbo Michael E. McElroy, Jr. | 5% or greater indirect ownership interest | Organization | 13% | 04/02/2025 |
| Bevon, Nicole | Corporate director | Individual | 12/01/2001 | |
| Bevon, Jack | Corporate officer | Individual | 12/01/2001 | |
| McElroy, Sonya | Corporate officer | Individual | 12/01/2001 | |
| Bevon, Charles | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 01/01/2021 | |
| Blackledge, Richard | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 05/09/2016 | |
| Donald, Charlotte | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 01/20/2026 | |
| Janet F McElroy Family Trust Fbo Nicole McElroy Bevon | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 01/27/2025 | |
| Janet F. McElroy Family Trust Fbo Michael E. McElroy, Jr. | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 01/27/2025 | |
| Michael E McElroy Family Trust Fbo Nicole McElroy Bevon | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 04/02/2025 | |
| Michael E. McElroy Family Trust Fbo Michael E. McElroy, Jr. | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 04/02/2025 | |
| Bevon, Charles | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 01/01/2005 | |
| Blackledge, Richard | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 05/09/2016 | |
| Donald, Charlotte | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 01/20/2026 |
As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.
Questions to ask on a visit
Chosen from this home's own inspection record.
- What changed in infection control since the last inspection, and who on staff is the infection preventionist?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on October 5, 2023: "Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program."
- How do residents and families raise a complaint or grievance, and how fast is it answered?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on November 25, 2025: "Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights."
- How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on March 20, 2025: "Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed."
- Can we see a week of menus and the kitchen, and how are special diets handled?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on October 5, 2023: "Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards."
Other nursing homes nearby
- Hattiesburg Health & Rehab Center Hattiesburg, 1.4 mi · 3 of 5 stars · 9 citations
- Bedford Care Ctr-Monroe Hall Hattiesburg, 3.5 mi · 4 of 5 stars · 11 citations
- Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center Hattiesburg, 3.5 mi · 4 of 5 stars · 3 citations
- Bedford Care Center of Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, 3.9 mi · 3 of 5 stars · 12 citations
- Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit Hattiesburg, 4.7 mi · 5 of 5 stars · 2 citations
- Merit Health Wesley Hattiesburg, 5.8 mi · 5 of 5 stars · 7 citations
- Windham House of Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, 6.2 mi · 5 of 5 stars · 9 citations
- Lamar Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Lumberton, 18.4 mi · 1 of 5 stars · 28 citations
Mississippi contacts for a concern about a nursing home
These are the official offices in Mississippi. NursingHomeClear cannot take or act on complaints.
- Inspections and complaints: Mississippi State Department of Health, Health Facilities Licensure and Certification, the state agency that inspects nursing homes for CMS and takes complaints about care.
- Resident advocate: Mississippi Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, MDHS Division of Aging and Adult Services, 1-888-844-0041. The long-term care ombudsman is a free, confidential advocate for residents and families, set up under the federal Older Americans Act.
- State inspection reports: MSDH Nursing Home Search, where Mississippi publishes its own records on licensed homes.
Common questions
- What is Bedford Care Center of Petal's Medicare star rating?
- CMS rates Bedford Care Center of Petal 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 5 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 3 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
- How many deficiencies did Bedford Care Center of Petal get at its last inspection?
- 1 health deficiency at the standard inspection on March 20, 2025. The Mississippi average is 6.8.
- Has Bedford Care Center of Petal been fined?
- Yes. CMS lists 1 fine totaling $22,198 in the last three years.
- Does Bedford Care Center of Petal accept Medicaid?
- It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicare and Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
- Who owns Bedford Care Center of Petal?
- CMS lists 17 owners and managers, and links the home to Bedford Care Centers. Legal business name: BEDFORD CARE CENTER OF PETAL, LLC.
Sources
- Ratings, staffing and fines: CMS Provider Information, released September 30, 2026, data as of September 1, 2026.
- Citations: CMS Health Deficiencies and Fire Safety Deficiencies.
- Owners: CMS Ownership. Penalties: CMS Penalties.
- Staffing by quarter: CMS Payroll Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing, April 2025 to March 2026, summed by NursingHomeClear.
- Inspector summaries: CMS Full Statement of Deficiencies (CMS-2567 text), data as of September 1, 2026. Each quote is the part of the statement before the detailed findings.
- Inspection reports with the inspectors' full notes are on this home's Medicare.gov page.
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