Best nursing homes in Atlanta, GA
These are the 20 CMS-certified nursing homes in Atlanta, Georgia, ranked best-first by the home’s CMS overall star rating. When two homes tie, we break the tie by the health-inspection rating — the domain assigned by independent state surveyors rather than self-reported by the facility. Nothing on this page is sponsored: no home pays to appear or to rank higher.
Check the certification chip before anything else. Most homes here are certified for both Medicare and Medicaid, but CMS certifies some for only one — and a 5-star home that doesn’t take your programme is not an option, however it ranks. Certification is not a quality measure and we don’t rank on it; we label it, because it decides whether the rest of the row matters to you.
How to read this: a high overall star can be lifted by self-reported quality-measure and payroll-staffing scores, so we surface the inspection rating and any serious citations, fines, abuse flags or ownership changes right on the row. A lower-ranked home with a clean inspection record can be the better fit than a higher-ranked one carrying red flags — open each profile.
- 1Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record3150 Howel Mill Road NW, Atlanta, GA
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- 3Medicare only — no MedicaidNo major red flags on record229 Peachtree Hills Avenue, NE, Atlanta, GA
- 4Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citation$8,018 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection1819 Clifton Road, N.e., Atlanta, GA
- 5Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record350 Boulvard, S.e., Atlanta, GA
- 6Medicare & Medicaid certified2 immediate-jeopardy citations$8,788 in federal fines1000 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta, GA
- 7Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record1980 Arrow Street, SW, Atlanta, GA
- 8Medicare & Medicaid certifiedAbuse icon$23,472 in federal fines560 St Charles Ave, NE, Atlanta, GA
- 9Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection1833 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA
- 10Medicare & Medicaid certified6 immediate-jeopardy citationsSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection3535 Ashton Woods Drive NE, Atlanta, GA
- 11Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citation$10,033 in federal fines54 Peachtree Park Drive NE, Atlanta, GA
- 12Medicare & Medicaid certified3 immediate-jeopardy citationsSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection1500 S Johnson Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA
- 13Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSpecial Focus candidate (CMS is watching this home)Abuse icon3 immediate-jeopardy citations2800 Springdale Road, Atlanta, GA
- 14Medicare & Medicaid certifiedAbuse icon3 immediate-jeopardy citations$45,465 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection2631 North Druid Hills Road N E, Atlanta, GA
- 15Medicare & Medicaid certified4 immediate-jeopardy citations$105,368 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection2850 Springdale Road SW, Atlanta, GA
- 16Medicare & Medicaid certified3 immediate-jeopardy citations$113,074 in federal fines460 Auburn Avenue N.e., Atlanta, GA
- 17Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSpecial Focus candidate (CMS is watching this home)3 immediate-jeopardy citations$282,268 in federal fines2920 Pharr Court South NW, Atlanta, GA
- 18Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citationSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection2645 Whiting Street N.w., Atlanta, GA
- 19Medicare & Medicaid certified4 serious citations$53,965 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection1821 Anderson Avenue NW, Atlanta, GA
- 20Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSpecial Focus Facility (federal watch list)4 immediate-jeopardy citations$201,403 in federal fines5470 Meridian Mark Road, Bldg E, Atlanta, GA
Keep looking: read the Georgia state guides — nursing homes and assisted living — for how the state’s system works, find the closest homes to your ZIP or location, filter every facility by rating, cost and inspection record, or compare any of these side by side. Or see assisted living in Atlanta, GA. Back to every Georgia city.
How we rank
We order this list strictly by each home’s CMS overall star rating — the government’s own rating, not a score of our own. When two homes carry the same overall rating we break the tie by the health-inspection rating — the domain scored by independent state surveyors rather than self-reported — and then alphabetically. Homes with no rating on file sink to the bottom.
We should be straight with you about a tension here. The CMS overall star is a blend of three domains, and elsewhere on this site we argue that blend can be misleading: the staffing and quality-measure components lean on data facilities report about themselves, and they can lift a home’s overall star above what inspectors actually found. We still sort by it, for one reason — it is the only ranking of nursing homes the government publishes, and the alternative is us deciding which domain ought to count, which is our opinion dressed up as an official rating. We won’t do that. (It is the same reason we refuse to rank assisted living at all.) So instead of quietly re-sorting to our taste, we un-blend the star on every row: the inspection rating sits next to the overall one, and serious citations, fines and abuse flags are on the row too. Where the two disagree, trust the inspection record and the citations — and treat our sort order as the government’s claim, not ours. See our methodology.
No home pays to appear here or to rank higher. There is no sponsored placement, no paid listing, and no referral fee. The page carries ordinary Google display advertising, sold against the page by Google: it cannot move a home up or down this list, and no advertiser sees who you are. The ratings, citations and fines are assigned by government inspectors (CMS), not by Eldercare Lens.
Common questions
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What does the star rating mean?
Ratings and citations are assigned by government inspectors (CMS), not by Eldercare Lens. The absence of a citation does not guarantee the absence of problems. Always verify with the facility and your state Long-Term Care Ombudsman.