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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.

43.3% 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 49 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 66.0% 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 53 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 0.33 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 54% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 18% 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 122 beds and averages 85.1 residents a day — about 70% occupied, or roughly 37 beds typically open. It often has substantial empty capacity — worth asking why, since low census can reflect either a new or shrinking home or one families are avoiding. 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 3.82 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.51 is below the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.23 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 3.68 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.87 on weekdays — 5% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.45 to 0.65 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 57% is well above 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 unchanged from the previous inspection. 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.

18 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 8 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · F2025-12-07 · 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 Dietary Services: Food brought in the facility by Family or Visitors and Food Storage Guide: Food Dating and Labeling Guidelines, the facility failed to ensure food items were labeled, dated, and not beyond their expiration date. This deficient practice had the potential to adversely affect 84 of 84 residents receiving an oral diet from the kitchen. Findings include:Review of the undated facility's policy titled Dietary Services: Food brought in the facility by Family or Visitors included, . 2. All food items that are already prepared by the family or visitor brought in will be labeled with name and dated. A. The Facility will refrigerate, label, and date prepared items in the nourishment refrigerator. B. The prepared food must be consumed in 3 days. C. If not consumed within 3 days, food will be thrown away.Review of the undated facility's policy titled Food Storage Guide: Food Dating and Labeling Guidelines included, . 1. Put the 'delivery date' on the cardboard case and on individual items when…

  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 · F2025-12-07 · 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 and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure that the outdoor garbage and refuse area was free from debris. This deficient practice had the potential to attract pests and rodents and transfer harmful microorganisms to food, leading to foodborne illness for the 84 residents residing in the facility.Findings include:During observation of the dumpster area on 12/7/2025 at 8:12 am, a chair, a bed frame, a wheelchair, a countertop, a trash can, pallets, and other wood pieces were observed in the dumpster area. On 12/7/2025 at 12:44 pm, an observation and interview were conducted with the Maintenance Director. He reported that the dumpsters were emptied every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The Maintenance Director confirmed that the trash cans were open and stated that they should be closed. The Maintenance Director reported that the bed frame, chair, countertop, trash can, wheelchair, and pallets had been at the dumpster site for two to three days. He stated that someone normally picked up the items, but had not been able to contact the person. He further…

  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 · D2025-12-07 · 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

  Based on observation, resident and staff interviews, record review, and review of the facility policy titled Nursing Home and Resident Rights, the facility failed to ensure resident privacy during incontinent care for one of 37 sampled residents (R) (R90). This deficient practice had the potential to place R90 at risk of a diminished quality of life in an environment that promotes the maintenance or enhancement of each resident's quality of life.Findings include:Review of the facility's undated policy titled Nursing Home Resident Rights included, Right to a Dignified Existence -Be treated with consideration, respect, and dignity, recognizing each resident's individuality. Record review of the electronic health record (EHR) for R90 revealed diagnoses including, but not limited to, hemiplegia and hemiparesis following cerebral infarction affecting the right dominant side. Record review of the Quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) for R90, dated 10/1/2025, revealed Section C (Cognitive Patterns) documented a Brief Interview Mental Status (BIMS) score of three (indicating severe cognitive…

  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 before2025-12-07 · tag F0554 — isolated
  Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
  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, record review, and review of the facility's policy titled Resident Self-Administration of Medication, the facility failed to ensure that one of 37 sampled residents (R) (R61) did not have unauthorized and unsecured medication and medicated treatment products at the bedside. This deficient practice had the potential to cause adverse effects for R61 and allow unsecured medication and medicated treatment products to be accessible to other residents.Findings include:Review of the facility's policy titled Resident Self-Administration of Medication dated 1/8/2025, revealed the section titled Policy stated, It is the policy of this facility to support each resident's right to self-administer medication. A resident may only self-administer medications after the facility's interdisciplinary team has determined which medications may be self-administered safely. The Policy Explanation and Compliance Guidelines section included, . 7. Bedside medication storage is…

  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 · D2025-12-07 · 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 interviews, record reviews, and the facility policy titled Comprehensive Care Plans, the facility failed to follow the plan of care for one of 37 sampled residents (R) (R44). This deficient practice had the potential to place R44 at increased risk of unmet needs and a diminished quality of life. Findings include:Review of the facility's policy titled Comprehensive Care Plans, dated 1/18/2025 revealed the Policy section stated, It is the policy of this facility to develop and implement a comprehensive person-centered care plan for each resident, consistent with resident rights, that includes measurable objectives and timeframes to meet a resident's medical, nursing, and mental and psychosocial needs and ALL services that are identified in the resident's comprehensive assessment and meet professional standards of quality. The Policy Explanation and Guidelines section included . 8. Qualified staff responsible for carrying out interventions specified in the care plan will be notified of their roles and responsibilities for carrying out the interventions,…

  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 before2025-12-07 · tag F0695 — failed to provide proper breathing / tracheostomy care — isolated
  Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, staff and resident interviews, record review, and review of the facility's policy titled Oxygen Administration, the facility failed to ensure infection control measures were followed for one of 37 sampled residents (R) (R55) by not storing a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (C-PAP) [a non-invasive mechanical ventilator] mask properly. In addition, the facility failed to ensure that the oxygen flow rate was set correctly for one of 10 R receiving oxygen (R44). These deficient practices had the potential to place R55 and R44 at increased risk of medical complications. Findings include: Review of the facility policy titled Oxygen Administration, dated 1/8/2025, revealed the Policy Explanation and Compliance Guidelines section included, 1. Oxygen is administered under orders of a physician, except in the case of an emergency. In such a case, oxygen is administered, and orders for oxygen are obtained as soon as practicable when the situation is under control.7. Cleaning and care of equipment shall be in accordance with facility policies for such equipment. 8.…

  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 · D2025-07-02 · 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 record review, interview, and facility policy review, the facility failed to follow professional standards of practice in regard to following a physician's order to obtain a blood pressure prior to the administration of a blood pressure medication for one of six residents (R) (R16) reviewed for medication administration out of 16 total sample residents. This failure had the potential for R16 to be administered blood pressure medication unnecessarily and to experience adverse effects by receiving the blood pressure medication when not needed. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled, Medication Administration Overview, dated 2/1/2024, indicated . Verify physician's orders for medication to be administered . Perform needed evaluations prior to administering specific medications (e.g., pulse, blood pressure, blood glucose) . Review of Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice, dated 2018, page 75, revealed .Departure from Standards of Care . Failure to monitor . a patient's clinical status…

  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 · D2025-07-02 · tag F0755 — failed to provide safe pharmacy services — isolated
  Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
  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 interview, the facility failed to ensure a physician-ordered antibiotic was available for administration from the pharmacy for one of two residents (R) (R3) out of a total sample of 16 residents. This failure had the potential for R3 to have adverse effects from not receiving the antibiotic as ordered by the physician. Findings include: Review of R3's undated Face Sheet located under the Profile tab in the electronic medical record (EMR) indicated R3 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with the diagnosis of osteomyelitis of the vertebra in the thoracic region. Review of R3's admission Minimum Data Set (MDS) located under the MDS tab in the EMR with an Assessment Reference Date (ARD) of 9/14/2024 indicated R3 had a Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of 15 out of 15 which indicated R3 was cognitively intact. Review of R3's Physician Orders located under the Orders tab in the EMR indicated R3 had an order, dated 9/7/2024, for Cefazolin Sodium Solution Reconstituted 1…

  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 · D2025-07-02 · tag F0757 — failed to avoid unnecessary drugs — isolated
  Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
  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, interview, and facility policy review, the facility failed to follow the parameters order for a blood pressure medication in which the medication was given to one of six residents (R) (R3) reviewed for medication administration out of 16 total sample residents. This failure had the potential for R3 to receive unnecessary medications. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled, Medication Administration Overview, dated 2/1/2024, stated, To administer the following according to the principles of medication administration, including the right medication, to the right resident/patient at the right time, and in the right dose and route .Verify physician's orders for medications to be administered . Perform needed evaluations prior to the administering specific medications (e.g., pulse, blood pressure, blood glucose) . Review of R3's undated Face Sheet located under the Profile tab in the electronic medical record (EMR) indicated R3 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with 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.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-07-02 · 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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, record review, interview and facility policy review, the facility failed to place a resident with an open wound in Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP) and failed to follow infection control guidelines for EBP during a dressing change for one of one resident (R) (R9) reviewed and observed for pressure wounds out of a total sample of 16 residents. This failure had the potential to increase the risk and spread of infections throughout the facility to a vulnerable population. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled, Enhance Barrier Precautions, dated August 2022, indicated . Enhanced barrier precautions (EBPs) are used as an infection prevention and control intervention to reduce the spread of multi-drug organisms (MDROs) to residents. EBPs employ targeted gown and glove use during high contact resident care activities when contact precautions do not otherwise apply . Examples of high-contact resident care activities requiring the use of gown and gloves for EBPs . wound care…

  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

$4,017 in federal fines across 1 penalty.

• $4,017 — penalty dated 2024-06-16

Dates are the dates CMS records the penalty, not the date of the conduct behind it. CMS publishes penalties on a rolling window, so this is what is currently on the public file — not the home’s lifetime history, and an older fine may attach to a problem that has since been corrected. The amounts are as imposed: the CMS file does not record whether a penalty was appealed, reduced, or paid, so we don’t say. Ask the home what each one was for and what changed since.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 12 rows in the source record cover these 5 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted.

1 organizational owner 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.

A reported operating loss is common in this industry and is not by itself a sign of trouble — but paired with large related-party payments it can mean profit is being taken elsewhere in the ownership structure.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. 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, FY2023). 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