Merry Wood Lodge
Nursing home in Elmore, Alabama, CMS certification number 015019
280 Mt Hebron Road, Elmore, AL 36025 · Elmore County
- CMS overall rating
- 1 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 124
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- September 1, 2024
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 8
- Fines in 3 years
- $182,968 (1)
Does Merry Wood Lodge take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Merry Wood Lodge is certified for Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare can pay for a short skilled stay after a qualifying hospital stay; Medicaid can pay for long-term care once you qualify.
Certification isn't a promise of an open bed. Ask how many Medicaid beds it has free and whether it keeps residents who move from Medicare to Medicaid. Our guide explains what Medicare pays for.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every certified nursing home from 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating starts from health inspections, then moves up or down for staffing and quality. These come from the CMS Provider Information, October 2026 release.
| Measure | CMS stars |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| Staffing | 3 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 4 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 5 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 1 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Merry Wood Lodge reported to CMS, split across residents and days. More hours per resident usually means more hands at the bedside.
- Total nurse hours per resident per day
- 3.40
- Registered nurse hours
- 0.80
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.56
- Nurse aide hours
- 2.05
- Weekend total hours
- 3.03
- Nursing staff turnover
- 54.5%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 57.7%
- Administrators who left
- 1
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on September 1, 2024 and cited 8 deficiencies, plus 8 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on March 3, 2020, found 6.
The last standard inspection was more than two years ago.
CMS shows an abuse icon for Merry Wood Lodge. That means inspectors cited it for abuse, neglect or exploitation in the past year or two.
It is a candidate for the CMS special focus program. CMS puts homes with a long record of serious problems on this list for extra inspections.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS fined Merry Wood Lodge 1 time in the past 3 years, for $182,968 in total.
It also had 1 payment denial, when Medicare stopped paying for new admissions for a time.
Beds and residents
On an average day 100.6 residents live here, about 81% of its 124 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 124
- Average residents per day
- 100.6
- Certified since
- January 1, 1974
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Merry Wood Lodge
- Legal business name
- Sunbridge Healthcare LLC
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- 183 homes nationally under Genesis Healthcare, 2.4-star chain average
Other nursing homes near Merry Wood Lodge
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- Prattville Health and Rehabilitation, LLC601 Jasmine Trail, Prattville 36066
- Montgomery Children's Specialty Center2853 Forbes Drive, Montgomery 36110
- Crowne Health Care of Montgomery1837 Upper Wetumpka Road, Montgomery 36107
Who inspects nursing homes in Alabama
Alabama's state survey agency licenses nursing homes and carries out the federal inspections for CMS. A home must keep its state licence and meet the federal rules to take Medicare or Medicaid.
Compare all nursing homes in Alabama, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Merry Wood Lodge, email contact@assistedlivingaccess.com from your work address. We can add your own rates, photos and contact details next to the state record, or take the listing down.
Questions about Merry Wood Lodge
What is the CMS star rating of Merry Wood Lodge?
1 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Merry Wood Lodge accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Merry Wood Lodge?
8 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Merry Wood Lodge?
Sunbridge Healthcare LLC, for profit - limited liability company.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.