Decatur Center For Nursing And Healing LLC

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

59.3% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — CMS rates that better than the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 242 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 67.2% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 67 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.62 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 89% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 34% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 140 beds and averages 117.9 residents a day — about 84% occupied, or roughly 22 beds typically open. It usually has some room. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 3.27 hrs/resident/day is below the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.59 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 1.81 is below the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 2.96 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.40 on weekdays — 13% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.66 to 0.42 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 40% is about the same as the national median of 45%.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are fewer than at the previous inspection — improving. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

27 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 17 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · Fcited before2026-04-01 · tag F0814 — failed to dispose of garbage properly — widespread
  Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, staff Interviews, and review of the facility policy titled, Disposal of Garbage and Refuse, the facility failed to ensure garbage and waste refuse was properly disposed of at the Dumpster site; failed to ensure garbage and refuge receptacle containers were covered and failed to ensure dumpster area was clean and free of debris. These failures posed a sanitation hazard with the potential for insect and rodent attractions. Findings include:Review of the Facility's Policy titled Disposal of Garbage and Refuse dated January 2022, and revised April 2024, Policy Statement revealed The facility shall properly dispose of kitchen garbage and refuse. The Policy Section Explanation and Compliance Guidelines .7. Refuse and dumpsters shall be kept outside the facility, shall be designed and constructed to have tightly fitting lids, doors, or covers. Containers and dumpsters shall be kept covered when not being loaded. Surrounding area shall be kept clean so that accumulation of debris and insect/rodent attractions are minimized. The Policy Section Explanation and…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Ecited before2026-04-01 · tag F0584 — failed to keep a safe, clean, comfortable home — pattern
  Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, staff and resident interviews, and review of the facility policies titled, Preventative Maintenance Program and Linen Operations and Management: The Linen Operation, the facility failed to ensure the environment was maintained in a safe, sanitary, and functional condition. Specifically, Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner (PTAC) air filters in two of ten rooms (rooms [ROOM NUMBERS] on Team A Hall) were observed to contain a significant amount of gray, fuzzy particulate matter. Additionally, clean linens were not consistently available for resident care for six of 47 sampled residents (R) (R39, R8, R101, R89, R90, and R72). The deficient practice had the potential to contribute to respiratory problems for residents due to unclean air filters and to delays in care due to insufficient linen availability.Findings include:Review of the facility policy titled Preventative Maintenance Program revised September 2023, revealed under Policy: A Preventative Maintenance Program shall be developed and…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2026-04-01 · tag F0689 — failed to keep residents free of avoidable accidents; supervise adequately — pattern
  Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, staff interviews, and review of facility policies titled, Accidents and Incidents and Preventative Maintenance Program, the facility failed to ensure the environment remained free of accident hazards. Specifically, the facility failed to maintain environmental surfaces in a safe condition and failed to implement interim measures to mitigate identified hazards, including a broken handrail with exposed, jagged edges on one of two hallways on the first floor, and a loose, rusted heater cover with sharp edges accessible to residents in one of two shower rooms (first floor central shower room). These conditions had the potential to cause injury, including skin tears and lacerations.Findings include:Review of the facility policy titled Accidents and Incidents revised October 2025, revealed under Policy: It is the policy of this facility for staff to utilize Risk Management System to report, investigate, and review any accidents or incidents that occur or allegedly occur, on or off facility property and may involve or allegedly involve a resident.Review of the…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2026-04-01 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — isolated
  Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, staff and resident interviews, record review, and review of the facility's policy titled, Hand Hygiene, the facility failed to ensure staff adhered to appropriate infection control practices during the handling and disposal of contaminated waste. This deficient practice had the potential to increase the risk of infection transmission through cross-contamination.Findings include:Review of the facility's policy titled Hand Hygiene revised June 2023 revealed under Policy: All staff will perform hand hygiene procedures to prevent the spread of infection to other personnel, residents, and visitors. Under Policy Explanation and Compliance Guidelines: 1. Staff will perform hand hygiene when indicated, using proper technique consistent with accepted standards of practice.6. a. The use of gloves does not replace hand hygiene. If your task requires gloves, perform hand hygiene prior to donning gloves, and immediately after removing gloves.Observation on 03/31/2026 at 1:28 PM was conducted with the Skin Management Specialist (Regional Nurse) BB and Licensed Practical…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Fcited before2025-04-24 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — widespread
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, staff interviews, and review of the facility's policies titled Sanitation, Refrigeration and Freezers, and Food brought by Family/Visitors, the facility failed to maintain cleanliness for two of the two ice machines and failed to properly store food items in two of the two refrigerators and freezers on the units (First and Second Floor). This deficient practice had the potential to affect residents who received an oral diet. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled Sanitation, dated April 2024, under the section titled Guidelines: revealed, 12. Ice machines and ice storage containers will be drained, cleaned, and sanitized per manufacturer's instructions and facility policy. Review of the facility's policy titled Refrigeration and Freezers, dated April 2024, under the section titled Policy revealed, This facility will ensure safe refrigerator and freezer maintenance, temperatures, and sanitation and will observe food expiration guidelines. Under section titled Guidelines revealed, 7. All food shall be appropriately dated to ensure proper…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2025-04-24 · tag F0804 — failed to serve food at safe, palatable temperature — pattern
  Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, staff interviews, record review, and review of the facility's policy titled How to Puree Foods, the facility failed to follow a recipe, use measuring devices, and use utensils when preparing puree food. This deficient practice had the potential to result in inconsistent texture modification, nutritional imbalance, and increase risk of aspiration for seven of seven residents receiving a puree diet. Findings include: Review of the undated facility's policy titled How to Puree Foods, under the section titled Preparation Steps revealed, 1. Depending on the resident's dietary restrictions, follow the proper recipe. 2. Portion out your prepared food according to the number of pureed meals you have. An observation on 4/24/2025 at 10:14 am in the main kitchen revealed [NAME] GG preparing puree baked chicken, green beans, and cornbread for the seven residents on a puree diet. [NAME] GG was observed pulling apart the baked chicken with gloved hands and placing the chicken into the food processor. [NAME] GG then poured an unmeasured amount of chicken broth into the food…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-04-24 · tag F0578 — failed to honor advance directives / code status — isolated
  Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on staff interviews, record review, and review of the facility's policy titled, Residents' Rights Regarding Treatment and Advance Directives, the facility failed to assure that the advance directive status was consistently documented in the clinical record for one out of 43 sampled Residents (R) (R167). Findings include: Review of the facility policy titled Residents' Rights Regarding Treatment and Advance Directives, dated February 2024 under Definitions revealed, Advance Directive is a written instruction, such as a living will or durable power of attorney for health care, recognized under State law (whether statutory or as recognized by the courts of the State, relating to the provision of health care when the individual is incapacitated. Under the section titled Policy Explanation and Compliance Guidelines revealed, 9. Any decision making regarding the resident's choices will be documented in the resident's medical record and communicated to the interdisciplinary team and staff responsible for the resident's care. Review of R167's Physician Orders for Advance Directives…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-04-24 · tag F0584 — failed to keep a safe, clean, comfortable home — isolated
  Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, record review, staff interviews, and review of the facility policy titled Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioner (HVAC) Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner (PTAC): Clean air filters, the facility failed to maintain clean PTAC unit grills for two out of 32 Rooms (room [ROOM NUMBER] and room [ROOM NUMBER]) on the First floor. This deficient practice had the potential to compromise the health and safety of the residents by increasing the risk of infections. Findings include: A review of the facility's undated policy titled HVAC (PTAC): Clean air filters, under the section titled Steps revealed, 4. Clean grill on cover. Observations on 4/22/2025 at 11:02 am and 4/23/2025 at 2:24 pm, in room [ROOM NUMBER] revealed, the PTAC unit grills was noted with a black substance. Observations on 4/22/2025 at 11:27 am and 4/23/2025 at 2:26 pm, in room [ROOM NUMBER] revealed, the PTAC unit grills was noted with a black substance. Observations on 4/22/2025 at 11:13 am in room [ROOM NUMBER], and on 4/22/2025…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-04-24 · tag F0658 — failed to meet professional standards of care — isolated
  Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, record review, staff interviews and review of the facility's policy titled Medication Administration, the facility failed to provide services that meet professional standards by not ensuring one out of eight Residents (R) (R10) received the correct medication dosage that was observed during medication administration. This deficient practice had the potential to cause adverse medication effects and medication error. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled Medication Administration dated January 2023 under the section titled Policy revealed, Medications are administered by licensed nurses, or other staff who are legally authorized to do so in this state, as ordered by the physician and in accordance with professional standard of practice . Review of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) revealed that R10 was admitted to the facility with diagnoses that included but not limited to paranoid schizophrenia, dementia and behavioral disturbance. Review of R10's Quarterly Minimum…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-04-24 · tag F0677 — failed to help fully-dependent residents with daily care — isolated
  Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, staff interviews, record review, and review of the facility's policy titled Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), the facility failed to provide nail care for one out of three Residents (R) (R45) reviewed for Activities of Daily Living. This failure had the potential to affect the resident's comfort, body image, and increase the risk of infections. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled Activities of Daily Living (ADLS), dated January 2024 under the section titled Policy Explanation and Compliance Guidelines revealed, 3. A resident who is unable to carry out activities of daily living will receive the necessary services to maintain good nutrition, grooming, and personal and oral hygiene. Review of R45's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) revealed R45 was admitted to the facility with diagnoses that included but was not limited to hemiplegia and hemiparesis following cerebral infarction affecting right dominant side. Review of R45's Quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to EMPIRE CARE CENTERS — 20 facilities. Here is how its ratings compare with the chain’s average across all its homes: See the whole chain — ratings, flags, fines and finances →

A home rated well below its chain’s average can signal local problems; a chain with a low average across the board is a bigger pattern worth researching. CMS chain data under-reports private-equity and REIT ownership, so treat this as a floor, not the full picture.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 42 rows in the source record cover these 19 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted.

3 organizational owners listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

This home reported $1.2M paid to related parties (affiliated landlords or management companies) in its most recent cost report.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2024. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2024). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

What families pay in GA