Senior Care Center - St Marys

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.

52.5% 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 63 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 58.1% 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 43 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: not reported. This home filed no therapist hours at all in its payroll data for this quarter. That is a gap in what it reported, and we do not read it as an absence of therapy — the homes that file nothing here include ones that discharged hundreds of Medicare rehab patients in the very same period, who plainly received therapy from someone. Because we cannot tell a home that under-reports from one that genuinely provides little, this home is left out of the comparison above rather than scored at zero. Ask it directly how many therapist hours a rehab resident gets, and on which days.

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 78 beds and averages 63.8 residents a day — about 82% occupied, or roughly 14 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 2.91 hrs/resident/day is below the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.51 is below the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 1.63 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 2.24 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.18 on weekdays — 30% thinner on weekends — a notable drop. RN hours go from 0.62 to 0.23 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 62% 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 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.

21 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 11 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · Fcited before2026-05-13 · 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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, staff interviews, and review of the facility's policies titled, Foodborne Illnesses, and Food Ordering, Receiving, and Storage, the facility failed to ensure food for residents was stored, prepared, and served in a sanitary manner in the kitchen. Specifically, the facility failed to label and date food in the freezer, the refrigerator/walk-in cooler, and the dry storage pantry, with a received by date, open date, expiration, and/or use-by date, failed to discard food by the expiration or use-by date, and failed to ensure meat was thawed properly and in a sanitary manner. This deficient practice could have affected 62 of 65 residents receiving an oral diet.Findings included:Review of the Facility's policy titled, Foodborne Illnesses, with revised date October 18, 2017, documented. Procedure: 2. Foods will be used before the expiration date, use by date, best by date, and sell by date, as indicated on the food item. Foods not used prior to the expiration date, us by date, best by date, or…

  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 · D2026-05-13 · tag F0600 — failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect — isolated
  Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
  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 resident and staff interviews, record review, and review of the facility's policy titled Abuse Prevention and Reporting, the facility failed to ensure three of 15 residents (R) (R1, R2, and R3) were protected from verbal and/or physical abuse by staff. This deficient practice had the potential to affect the quality of life for all residents reviewed.Findings included:Review of the facility's policy titled Abuse Prevention and Reporting, revised June 20, 2025, documented Definitions: Abuse: Any intentional or grossly negligent act or series of acts or intentional or grossly negligent omission to act which causes injury to a resident, including but not limited to, assault or battery, failure to provide treatment or care, or sexual harassment of the resident. Verbal Abuse: Any use of oral, written, or gestured language that includes disparaging and derogatory terms to residents or their families, or within their hearing distance, to describe residents regardless of age, ability to comprehend, or…

  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 before2026-05-13 · tag F0688 — failed to keep residents mobile / prevent decline — isolated
  Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
  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 reviews, and review of the facility's policies titled Restorative Nursing Program and Therapy Evaluations, the facility failed to ensure that restorative nursing services were consistently provided following the completion of therapy for four of eleven residents (R ) (R12, R13, R14, and R15) reviewed for restorative nursing services. Specifically, the facility failed to provide required restorative interventions, including transfer assistance for R12; ambulation/walking programs for R13 and R14; and Range of Motion (ROM) exercises for the upper or lower body for R12, R13, and R14. This deficient practice has the potential to diminish residents' quality of life.Findings included:Review of the facility's policy titled Therapy Evaluations, revised May 13, 2020, documented the following procedures: 5. The evaluation will include recommendations for treatment and follow up as clinically indicated. 12. Therapy will foster an interdisciplinary approach to…

  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 before2026-05-13 · tag F0689 — failed to keep residents free of avoidable accidents; supervise adequately — isolated
  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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on resident and staff interviews, record review, and review of the facility's policy titled Occurrences, the facility failed to provide protective oversight and supervision to prevent elopement and ensure resident safety. This deficient practice resulted in one of four sampled residents (R) (R1 and R10) exiting the facility and remaining unaccounted for by staff for over one hour, and in R10 experiencing a fall with major injury in the shower, resulting in a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Findings included:A review of the facility's policy titled, Occurrences, with a revised date of January 11, 2024, revealed under Policy Statement: .To prevent occurrences, each patient/resident will be observed and assessed for risks. Definitions: Occurrence hazards are physical features in the healthcare center environment which may pose a risk to a patient/resident's safety, including but not limited to: Any event, accident, or incident, on or off healthcare center property which results in an injury or has the potential for…

  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 · D2026-05-13 · tag F0725 — failed to have enough nursing staff — isolated
  Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
  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 resident and staff interviews, record review, review of facility documents titled, PBJ (payroll-based journal) Staffing Data Report, and review of the policy titled, State Minimum Staffing for Healthcare Centers, The facility failed to ensure adequate nursing staff to meet residents' needs in a timely manner. This failure delayed the provision of care, increased the risk of elopement and falls resulting in major injury, and could have decreased the quality of life of 61 residents residing in the facility. Findings included:Review of the facility's policy titled, State Minimum Staffing for Healthcare Centers, last reviewed November 2, 2025, documented Policy Statement: The facility will maintain the minimum staffing hours in accordance with federal law and the respective state's rules and regulations. Staff shall be sufficient to meet the healthcare needs of each patient/resident as identified in the patient/resident's plan of care.Review of the Facility Assessment for the period May 12, 2026 - May 11,…

  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.

  Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Ecited before2025-11-21 · 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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, staff interviews, record review, and review of the facility policy titled, Accident Reporting and Investigation Program, the facility failed to ensure hot water temperatures were in the acceptable range (110 degrees F (Fahrenheit) or less) in the bathroom sink for 13 of 38 resident rooms (room [ROOM NUMBER], room [ROOM NUMBER], room [ROOM NUMBER], room [ROOM NUMBER], room [ROOM NUMBER], room [ROOM NUMBER], room [ROOM NUMBER], room [ROOM NUMBER], room [ROOM NUMBER], room [ROOM NUMBER], room [ROOM NUMBER], room [ROOM NUMBER], and room [ROOM NUMBER]). The deficient practice had potential for residents to receive a scalding injury due to the water temperature.Findings include:Review of the facility policy titled, Accident Reporting and Investigation Program revised November 2009 revealed under Definitions: An accident is any occurrence that interrupts or interferes with the orderly progress of a job or task, usually occurring suddenly and unexpectedly, and results in harm to people. an…

  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 · D2025-11-21 · 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, staff interviews, record review, and review of the facility's policy titled, Self-Administration of Medications by Patients/Residents, the facility failed to ensure one of 29 sampled residents (R) (R57) did not have unauthorized, unsecured medications at bedside. This deficient practice had the potential to allow unauthorized access to medications to other residents and visitors in the facility.Findings include:A review of the facility policy titled Self-Administration of Medications by Patients/Residents dated 1/6/2025 stated under Policy Statement: Each patient/resident who desires to self-administer medication is permitted to do so if the health care center's Licensed Nurse and physician have determined that the practice would be safe for the patient/resident and other patients /residents of the healthcare center. Medication self- administration also applies to family members who wish to administer medication. Under Procedures: .3. If the Licensed nurse determines the patient /resident…

  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 · Fcited before2024-03-14 · 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 observation, staff interview, and review of the facility policy titled, Food and Supply Storage, the facility failed to ensure all pans and dishes were allowed to be air dried before stacked and failed to ensure all food in the freezer was sealed closed. These failures had the potential to affect 63 of 65 residents who consumed an oral diet. Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled, Food and Supply Storage, dated 1/2024 revealed, All food, non-food items and supplies used in food preparation shall be stored in such a manner as to prevent contamination to maintain the safety and wholesomeness of the food for human consumption. Frozen storage: Wrap food tightly to prevent cross contamination. Use food grade plastic bags for food storage. During an observation on 3/11/2024 at 9:58 AM, the following observations in the kitchen were made with and verified by the Supervisor Food/Nutrition (SFN): 1. The freezer contained one bag of chicken and one bag of hamburgers that were not closed shut. 2. There were 12 plastic plate covers being used for lunch that were not…

  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 · F2024-03-14 · tag F0867 — failed to act on quality-improvement findings — widespread
  Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on staff interview, facility document review, and review of the facility policy titled, Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement, the facility staff failed to maintain an effective Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (QAPI) program regarding the facility's Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) for Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) documentation. This had the potential to affect all residents of the facility. Findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (undated) revealed, .The facility will implement the Plan-do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles as its QAPI methodology for testing actions and implementing and evaluating change. The facility will conduct and include Root Cause Analysis in their PDSA methodology. PIPs are evaluated to address gaps/and or effectiveness in systems and processes. Corrective actions may be taken when evaluating effectiveness. Changes identified in PIP action steps may require the development of additional measures for monitoring (audits/checklists), in effort to evaluate PIP effectiveness in achieving…

  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.

  Administration Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Fcited before2024-03-14 · tag F0881 — failed to use antibiotics responsibly — widespread
  Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on staff interviews, document review, review of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance, and review of the facility policy titled, Antibiotic Ordering, the facility failed to maintain an infection prevention and control program (IPCP) that included a functional Antibiotic Stewardship Program that followed the McGeer Criteria for antibiotics. This had the potential to affect all 65 resident of the facility, specifically being prescribed antibiotics that were potentially unnecessary. Findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, Antibiotic Ordering dated 9/01/2023 revealed . 10. The Infection Control Preventionist (lCP) will monitor resident antibiotic use to determine appropriateness.11. The ICP will utilize evidence-based, standard definitions for identifying infections as the criteria in determining antibiotic appropriateness.12. The ICP will review antibiotic surveillance findings during the monthly lnfection Prevention and Control Team (IPCT) meetings. The IPCT will develop antibiotic stewardship action plans, if indicated. 13. The ICP will…

  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

$4,072 in federal fines across 1 penalty.

• $4,072 — penalty dated 2024-03-14

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 21 rows in the source record cover these 18 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.

2 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.

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 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