Pruitthealth - Decatur

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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.

55.0% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — which CMS reads as no different from the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 77 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 50.0% 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 34 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 0.21 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 23% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 3% of this home’s weekday level — it runs therapy on weekdays, with essentially none at the weekend. 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 146 beds and averages 133.4 residents a day — about 91% occupied, or roughly 13 beds typically open. It runs fairly full. 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 3.35 hrs/resident/day is below the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.58 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 1.97 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 2.65 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.63 on weekdays — 27% thinner on weekends — a notable drop. RN hours go from 0.69 to 0.30 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 39% 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 more than at the previous inspection — worsening. 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.

24 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 14 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · Fcited before2026-03-04 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — widespread
  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 and staff interviews, the facility failed to protect clean linen from cross-contamination. This deficient practice had the potential to affect two of two floors. The census was 135 residents.Findings include: Observation and interview on 03/02/2026 at 1:32 PM with Laundry Aide WW revealed Laundry Aid WW delivering clothes on a partially covered laundry cart. She confirmed that she was delivering to the first floor and acknowledged that she should be utilizing the transportation cart that was enclosed. However, she opted to use the laundry sorting cart due to concerns regarding her back, as it was difficult for her to push. Laundry Aid WW also noted that she should have had the cart covered. Interview on 03/04/202, at 6:11 PM with the Environment Manager revealed that the expectations for laundry were that it should be delivered in a timely manner, properly covered, and without any additional items on the cart. The Environment Manager explained that there were four laundry transportation units, with two assigned to each floor, and each unit has designated…

  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 · Ecited before2026-03-04 · 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 and staff interviews, the facility failed to store potentially hazardous chemicals so that they were not accessible to cognitively impaired residents. Specifically, a can of cleanser powder was left on a handrail accessible to residents on the first floor.Findings include: Observation on 03/04/2026 at 5:28 AM of the second-floor hallway revealed a 21 ounce can of 'name brand' cleanser deodorizing powder placed on the handrail by a resident's room with no staff or housekeeping cart in sight. Interview on 03/04/2026 at 5:31 AM with Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) SS confirmed the can of powder was in the hallway and that it should not be there. She stated she was not sure why it was left there. When asked about the consequences of leaving chemicals in the hallway, she stated that a resident could swallow it. Interview on 03/04/2026 at 5:45 PM with the Director of Health Services and the Administrator revealed that chemicals should not be left in the hallway and should be in a locked area for the health and safety of staff and residents. When asked about 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 · D2026-03-04 · tag F0550 — failed to protect resident dignity and rights — isolated
  Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
  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 record review, the facility failed to provide dignity to one of two residents (R) (R88) with an indwelling catheter urinary bag. This deficient practice had the potential to cause emotional distress to R88.Findings include:The facility does not mention covering the indwelling urinary bag in either their resident rights policy or the indwelling catheter policy.Review of the electronic medical record (EMR) revealed R88 was admitted to the facility with pertinent diagnoses including but not limited to hemiplegia and hemiparesis following cerebral infarction affecting the left non-dominant side, type 2 diabetes mellitus without complications, epilepsy, without status epilepticus, hyperlipidemia, contracture of the left hand, receptive-expressive language disorder, dysphagia (swallowing problems).A review of R88's Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment revealed that one had not been completed for this current admission. Review of the Care Area Assessment (CAA) on…

  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 · D2026-03-04 · tag F0609 — failed to report abuse allegations — isolated
  Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on resident, resident family and staff interviews, record review, and review of the facility policy titled, Reporting Patient Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation, Mistreatment, and Misappropriation of Property, the facility failed to report an allegation of verbal abuse by a staff member to the State Survey Agency (SSA) for one of 50 sampled residents (R) (R144). The deficient practice had the potential for the alleged abuse to continue and to affect other residents.Findings include: Review of the facility policy titled Reporting Patient Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation, Mistreatment, and Misappropriation of Property revised 10/20/2025 revealed under Policy Statement: It is the policy of 'name of corporation' and its affiliated entities (collectively, the Organization) to comply with all applicable federal and state requirements regarding the reporting of patient abuse, neglect, exploitation, mistreatment, and misappropriation of property. Under Policy: 2. In accordance with applicable laws and regulations, the Administrator or his or her designee should notify the appropriate state…

  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.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2026-03-04 · tag F0645 — isolated
  PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
  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 record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure the need of a Level II Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASARR) for evaluation and determination for specialized services were offered to meet resident needs for one of 50 sampled residents (R)(R14). The deficient practice had the potential for R14's needs and services to go unmet.Findings include:PASARR/Level II policy requested but was not received as it was reported that the facility does not have a policy related to PASARR/Level II.Review of electronic medical record (EMR) for R14 revealed diagnoses of but not limited to bipolar disorder, current episode manic without psychotic features, unspecified, major depressive disorder, recurrent, unspecified, anxiety disorder, unspecified, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), unspecified, accidental discharge from unspecified firearms or gun, sequela (a condition which is the consequence of a previous disease or injury). Review of the 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.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-03-04 · tag F0656 — failed to write and follow a full care plan — isolated
  Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
  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 policies titled Care Plans, the facility failed to add indwelling urinary catheter irrigation to the care plan for one of 50 sampled residents (R) (R51). This deficient practice had the potential to cause errors in care and omission of service ordered by the physician.Findings include:Review of the facility's policy titled Care Plan, revised 10/21/2025, Section 3 under the comprehensive care plan should describe the following: The services to be furnished to attain or maintain the resident's highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.Review of R51 care plan dated 12/10/2025 indicated a problem of an indwelling catheter related to neurogenic bladder, BPH, and urinary retention. Interventions included, but not limited to, R51's spouse prefers urinary catheter to be changed at the urologist's office monthly and not the facility. Administer cranberry supplement for UTI (urinary tract infection) prophylaxis as ordered. Keep the catheter tubing free of kinks. Keep 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.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-03-04 · tag F0690 — failed to manage incontinence, catheters, and urinary infections — isolated
  Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
  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, resident and staff interviews, and record review, the facility failed to ensure two of 50 sampled residents (R) (R13 and R38) received timely incontinence care and failed to provide sterile catheter irrigation and follow the irrigation procedure for one of 50 sampled residents (R) (R51). The deficient practices had the potential to affect resident's skin integrity and increase the potential for urinary tract infections (UTI).Findings include: A policy regarding incontinence care was requested but the facility did not submit one. Review of the facility's policy titled Clinical Procedure: Indwelling Catheter-Irrigation, revised 2025, printed from Relias education, Section Pre-Procedure: gather and set up supplies, clean and sterile gloves, Sterile irrigation set and syringe (60ml [milliliter]), Sterile normal saline, sterile protective cap for drainage tubing. 1. Review of the electronic medical record (EMR) revealed R13 was admitted to the with pertinent diagnoses including but not limited…

  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 · D2026-03-04 · tag F0761 — failed to label and store drugs safely — isolated
  Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
  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, Medication Storage in Healthcare Center, the facility failed to ensure one of two medication carts on the first floor was locked. The deficient practice had to potential for items in the unlocked medication cart to be accessible to residents, staff and visitors.Findings include:Review of the facility policy titled Medication Storage in Healthcare Centers revised 11/11/2025 revealed in the Policy Statement medications and biologicals are stored safely, securely and properly following manufacturer's recommendations or those of the supplier. Procedures revealed: .2. Only licensed nurses, certified medication aides, and the pharmacy personnel are allowed access to medications. Respiratory Therapists may access medications used in the provision of respiratory services. Medication rooms, carts, and medication supplies are locked or attended by persons with authorized access. 7. Potentially harmful substances (e.g., urine test reagent tablets, household poisons, cleaning supplies, disinfectants) are clearly…

  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.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2025-01-30 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — pattern
  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, record review, staff interviews, and review of the facility's policies titled, Labeling, Dating, and Storage and Foodborne Illness, the facility failed to dispose of expired food items in the kitchen. The deficient practice had the potential to affect the 124 residents (R) receiving food from the kitchen. The facility's census was 130. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled Labeling, Dating, and Storage revised 11/11/2022 documented under Policy Statement: It is the policy of [name of facility] for all partners who assist in handling, preparing, serving, and storing food and beverage items to follow the proper procedures for labeling, dating, and storage to ensure proper food safety. Review of the facility's policy titled Foodborne Illness reviewed 1/8/2021 documented under Procedure: 2. Foods will be used before the expiration date, use by date, best by date, and sell by date, indicated on the food item. Foods not used prior to the expiration date, use by date, best by date, or sell by date must be discarded. Observation on 1/28/2025 at 9:20…

  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 before2025-01-30 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — pattern
  Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
  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 policies titled, Infection Prevention-Hand Hygiene, Handwashing and Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP), the facility failed to place one of 19 residents (R) (R88) with wounds on EBP and failed to perform hand hygiene while serving meals in the dining room. The deficient practices had the potential to cause infection for R88 and other facility residents. The facility census was 130. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled Infection Prevention-Hand Hygiene revised 10/15/2024 documented under Policy Statement: [name of facility] partners will improve hand hygiene practices and reduce Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) . D. Indications Requiring Hand Wash or Hand Rub 1. Before and after contact with the resident. 8. After contact with inanimate objects (i.e., including medical equipment) in the immediate vicinity of the resident. 9. Passing meal trays to residents. Review of the facility's policy titled…

  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

“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 PRUITTHEALTH — 95 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 9 rows in the source record cover these 7 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted. The source lists no ownership percentage for any of them — PECOS records a share only for equity interests, not for board or management roles.

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.

About 75% of this home’s resident-days are paid by Medicaid, which reimburses well below the cost of care in most states. Heavily Medicaid-dependent homes run on thinner budgets — a context worth holding next to the staffing and inspection record, not a fault in itself. This home reported $3.4M paid to related parties — landlords or management companies under common ownership — equal to about 24% of its total expenses. Money routed to affiliated companies can leave a home’s own books looking lean while owners still profit; it is the mechanism regulators watch most closely in private-equity and REIT deals.

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