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Shelby County, Alabama

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County inventory for Shelby 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

2 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Shelby County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 3 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Alabama medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet AL-SHELBY-ALABAMA · Shelby, AL

NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-LOW · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-LOW · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-SMALL 392 beds
  • STAR-LOW 2.7★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 2 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,308/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-LOW $4,425/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 2/2 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 Shelby County

Home-health coverage is the standout for Shelby County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 3 nursing homes and 392 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 2.7/5 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 Shelby County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts across Shelby County break as 1 at 1★, 1 at 3★, 1 at 4★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (67% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Columbiana Health and Rehabilitation, LLC. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.

1★
1
2★
0
3★
1
4★
1
5★
0

Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$4,425
Assisted Living / mo
$8,334
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$5,148
Home Care / mo
2.7
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Shelby, AL

Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.

  1. 1
    Columbiana Health and Rehabilitation, LLC
    4★
  2. 2
    The Healthcare Center at Buck Creek
    3★
  3. 3
    Shelby Ridge Nursing Home
    1★

Nursing Homes in Shelby County

3 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Columbiana Health and Rehabilitation, LLC Columbiana 4/5 63 For profit - Corporation
The Healthcare Center at Buck Creek Alabaster 3/5 198 For profit - Limited Liability company
Shelby Ridge Nursing Home Alabaster 1/5 131 For profit - Corporation

Home Health Agencies in Shelby County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Aveanna Home Health Harpersville 3.0
Prohealth Home Health, LLC Birmingham 2.5

Read next for home-health-dense Shelby

Read CMS stars with Shelby County's 2.7 average
Mid-pack context for Shelby: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 3 Shelby County homes
A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Shelby
Home-health-dense path: Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Shelby County planning
Home-health-dense path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

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 Shelby County.