Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
County inventory for Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 6 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Alabama medians + CMS Five-Star.
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Sheet AL-TUSCALOOSA-ALABAMA · Tuscaloosa, AL
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-LOW · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-LOW · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 6 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 903 beds
- STAR-LOW 2.8★ avg
- HH-SMALL 2 HH
- RANK-HIGH #590/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Knox
- AL-LOW $4,425/mo
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 NH · 2/2 HH
Photo-finish peer: Knox County, IL (0 NH count).
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 Tuscaloosa County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Tuscaloosa County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 6 nursing homes and 903 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 2.8/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Alabama medians: 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 Tuscaloosa providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Tuscaloosa County break as 1 at 1★, 4 at 3★, 1 at 4★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (50% of 6 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama. 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 Tuscaloosa, AL
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 4★
- 2 3★
- 3 3★
- 4 3★
- 5 3★
Nursing Homes in Tuscaloosa County
6 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama | Northport | 4/5 | 75 | For profit - Corporation |
| Forest Manor Health and Rehab | Northport | 3/5 | 182 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Heritage Health Care & Rehab Inc | Tuscaloosa | 3/5 | 216 | For profit - Corporation |
| Hunter Creek Health and Rehabilitation, LLC | Northport | 3/5 | 78 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Park Manor Health and Rehabilitation, LLC | Northport | 3/5 | 152 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Glen Haven Health and Rehabilitation, LLC | Northport | 1/5 | 200 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Tuscaloosa County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Amedisys Home Health of Tuscaloosa | Northport | 4.5 |
| Dch Home Health Care Agency | Tuscaloosa | 3.0 |
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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Tuscaloosa County, AL, both outside AL so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Alabama overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (6 here).
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 Tuscaloosa County.