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Ms Care Center of Dekalb
220 Willow Avenue, De Kalb, MS 39328 · Kemper County · (601) 743-5888
60 certified beds, about 55 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 1997
CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 255251 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes
The record in brief
At its most recent standard inspection, on June 18, 2026, inspectors cited 2 health deficiencies (the Mississippi average is 6.8, the national average 9.2).
Of 8 health citations since December 2022, 2 were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy to residents.
CMS lists 2 fines totaling $10,358 in the last three years; the largest was $5,179, and the latest is dated January 6, 2025.
Nurses and nurse aides worked 5.17 hours per resident per day, against 4.18 across Mississippi and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.91 of those hours.
39.6% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Mississippi average 45.7%).
CMS links it to Mississippi Care Center, an affiliated group of 5 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 8 health citations on file.
June 18, 2026Standard inspection · 2 citations
- F 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 interview, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure refrigerated and frozen food items were properly labeled and dated and failed to discard expired and spoiled food items in the dietary department for one (1) of three (3) kitchen observations, with the potential to affect all residents who receive meals from the kitchen.
- D Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Inspectors wroteBased on staff interview, record review and facility policy review the facility failed to ensure physician orders were obtained and documented upon admission for the continuation of hospice services for one (1) of (18) sampled residents. (Resident #9)
January 6, 2025Complaint inspection · 2 citations
- G Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Inspectors wroteBased on interviews, facility policy review, and record review, the facility did not follow the plan of care for using a full body lift while transferring Resident #1 which caused her to fall from the full body lift and hit her head on the floor. Resident #1 had to be transported to the emergency room (ER) and received medical care for three (3) skin tears and a large hematoma to the back of her head. Resident #1 was one (1) three (3) residents care planned for the use of a full body mechanical lift for all transfers reviewed. The facility had implemented corrective actions as of 10/21/24, prior to the State Agency (SA) entrance on 1/6/25, therefore the deficiency is determined to be Past Non-Compliance.
- G Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interviews, facility policy review, and record reviews, the facility failed to prevent an injury to Resident #1 by not following the proper procedures for the use of a full body mechanical lift that required two (2) persons to operate. Resident #1 sustained a fall from the lift, received a hematoma to the back of her head, three (3) skin tears to her hand, arm and elbow and had to have medical care in the emergency room (ER). This was for one (1) of three (3) residents that required a full body mechanical lift for all transfers reviewed. The facility had implemented corrective actions as of 10/21/24, prior to the State Agency (SA) entrance on 1/6/25, therefore the deficiency is determined to be Past Non-Compliance. Findings Include: The facility undated policy titled: Accidents and Supervision read: [...]
May 8, 2024Standard inspection · 3 citations
- D Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, resident and staff interview, and facility policy review, the facility failed to provide an appropriately sized wheelchair for one (1) of fifty-three residents residing in the facility during the survey. Resident #37 Findings Include: Review of the facility policy titled Resident Rights Policy with a revision date of 9/2022 revealed under, Reasonable Accommodations of Needs/Preferences: The resident has the right to reside and receive services in the facility with reasonable accommodation of resident needs and preferences except when to do so would endanger the health or safety of the resident or other residents. An observation and interview with Resident #37 on 5/6/2024 at 10:57 AM, revealed she was sitting in a wheelchair and slightly slouched forward. [...]
- D Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, staff interview, and facility policy review the facility failed to provide residents with a safe environment, as evidenced by various spray bottles and cans of chemical disinfectant, cleaning, and insecticide sprays, found unsecured on two hanging shelves on the B hallway for one (1) of three (3) days of survey.
- D Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Inspectors wroteBased on staff interview, record review and facility policy review, the facility failed to monitor a resident receiving anticoagulant medication for signs of bruising and bleeding for one (1) of five (5) residents reviewed for unnecessary medication. Resident #27 Findings Include: Record review of the facility policy titled Medication Monitoring with a revision date of 8/13/2023 revealed under, Policy: This facility takes a collaborative, systematic approach to medication management, including the monitoring of medications for efficacy and adverse consequences. Record review of the May 2024 Physician Orders for Resident #27 revealed an order dated 12/16/2020, Eliquis (blood thinner) 2.5 MG (milligrams) by mouth twice a day R/T (related to) circulation. [...]
December 8, 2022Standard inspection · 1 citation
- C Ensure staff are vaccinated for COVID-19
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, staff interviews, record reviews, facility policy review and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Safety and Oversight (QSO) Memo review, the facility failed to prevent the likelihood of the spread of COVID-19 as evidenced by failure of ensuring all staff were fully vaccinated or received an exemption for 2 (two) of 89 employee records reviewed. Findings Include Review of the facility policy titled COVID-19 Vaccination with a revision date of November 2021 revealed under Policy Interpretation and Implementation .This facility requires all employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccination per federal regulations by required deadlines unless exemption status is provided. [...]
Fines and payment denials
| Date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| January 6, 2025 | Fine | $5,179 |
| January 6, 2025 | Fine | $5,179 |
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) | 5.17 | 4.18 | 3.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.91 | 0.64 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff on weekends | 3.93 | 3.50 | 3.42 |
| Nurse aides | 3.30 | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.96 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year) | 39.6% | 45.7% | 45.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 11.1% | 38.5% | 42.9% |
| Administrators who left | 0 |
CMS expects 3.39 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 5.67 on weekdays and 3.93 on weekends, 31% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 12.5% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 5.47 in April to June 2025 to 5.17 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 | 5.17 | 0.91 | 5.67 | 3.93 | 12.5% | 0 of 90 | 55 |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 5.36 | 0.78 | 5.89 | 4.02 | 12.1% | 0 of 92 | 54 |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 5.11 | 0.68 | 5.52 | 4.09 | 8.9% | 0 of 92 | 55 |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 5.47 | 0.80 | 6.07 | 3.96 | 10.4% | 0 of 91 | 54 |
| 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.
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 | 36.1 | 20.5 | 13.9 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 1.5 | 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 | 0.9 | 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 | 15.9 | 19.6 | 14.1 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 3.2 | 6.3 | 4.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 11.1 | 21.7 | 15.4 |
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 1.8 |
Owners and operators
Legal business name: KEMPER COUNTY LTC INC. CMS links this home to Mississippi Care Center, a group of 5 nursing homes averaging 3.4 stars overall.
| Name | Role | Type | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaney, Steven | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Individual | 50% | 11/01/2004 |
| Pace, Garry | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Individual | 50% | 08/09/2004 |
| Beebe, Harold | Corporate director | Individual | 11/01/2004 | |
| Delaney, Steven | Corporate director | Individual | 10/28/2004 | |
| Pace, Garry | Corporate director | Individual | 10/27/2004 | |
| Shelton, Rebecca | Corporate director | Individual | 01/01/2008 | |
| Bolen, Ruby | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 12/26/2008 | |
| Pace, Garry | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 10/27/2004 | |
| Bolen, Ruby | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 12/26/2008 | |
| Pace, Garry | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 10/27/2004 | |
| Ransome-Kuti, Olugboyega | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 01/01/2010 |
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.
- When is the care plan meeting, and can family attend it?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on June 18, 2026: "Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality."
- How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on January 6, 2025: "Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents."
- 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 June 18, 2026: "Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards."
- 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 May 8, 2024: "Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident."
Other nursing homes nearby
- North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation Meridian, 23.8 mi · 5 of 5 stars · 8 citations
- Poplar Springs Nursing Ctr, LLC Meridian, 24.3 mi · 2 of 5 stars · 20 citations
- Noxubee County Nursing Home Macon, 24.6 mi · 1 of 5 stars · 14 citations
- Neshoba County Nursing Home Philadelphia, 24.8 mi · 3 of 5 stars · 23 citations
- Marion Health and Rehab, LLC Marion, 25 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 Ms Care Center of Dekalb's Medicare star rating?
- CMS rates Ms Care Center of Dekalb 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 5 for staffing and 3 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
- How many deficiencies did Ms Care Center of Dekalb get at its last inspection?
- 2 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on June 18, 2026. The Mississippi average is 6.8.
- Has Ms Care Center of Dekalb been fined?
- Yes. CMS lists 2 fines totaling $10,358 in the last three years.
- Does Ms Care Center of Dekalb 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 Ms Care Center of Dekalb?
- CMS lists 11 owners and managers, and links the home to Mississippi Care Center. Legal business name: KEMPER COUNTY LTC INC.
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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