Houston County, Alabama
County inventory for Houston County, Alabama is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Home-health agency signature
4 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Houston County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 3 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Alabama medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet AL-HOUSTON-ALABAMA · Houston, AL
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-LOW · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 3 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 501 beds
- STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
- HH-SMALL 4 HH
- RANK-MID #1,144/2,851
- PHOTO-NONE No peer
- AL-LOW $4,425/mo
- BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 4/4 HH
Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.
What a dense home-health map shows for Houston County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Houston County: 4 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 3 nursing homes and 501 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.0/5 on rated homes.
CareScout 2025 Alabama medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $4,425/mo, semi-private nursing $8,334/mo, private nursing $8,787/mo, home health aide $5,148/mo, adult day $1,246/mo. Local Houston County providers may sit above or below those state medians.
Star counts across Houston County break as 2 at 2★, 1 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (67% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Houston, AL
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 5★
- 2 2★
- 3 2★
Nursing Homes in Houston County
3 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center | Dothan | 5/5 | 165 | For profit - Corporation |
| Extendicare Health and Rehab | Dothan | 2/5 | 170 | For profit - Corporation |
| Wesley Place on Honeysuckle | Dothan | 2/5 | 166 | Non profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Houston County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Centerwell Home Health | Dothan | 4.5 |
| Amedisys Home Health | Dothan | 4.0 |
| Enhabit Home Health | Dothan | 4.0 |
| Southeast Alabama Homecare | Dothan | 4.0 |
Read next for home-health-dense Houston
Continue on the Alabama elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Alabama state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).
Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Houston County.