---
title: Nursing homes in Georgia — CMS safety record
source: CMS Nursing Home Care Compare
sourceUrl: https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
state: GA
facilities: 356
---

# Nursing homes in Georgia

All **356** Medicare-certified nursing homes in Georgia, with the safety record CMS publishes.

## Before the brochure: look at staffing

The best-evidenced predictor of safe care is **nurse hours per resident per day** — hands-on nursing time per resident, measured by CMS from payroll. About **4.1 total nurse hours/resident/day** is a staffing-adequacy reference (not a pass/fail line).

In Georgia, the median home reports **3.43 hours/resident/day**, and **45 of 343** meet the 4.1-hour reference. A high overall star does not guarantee high staffing.

## CMS Special Focus facilities (12)

CMS places its most seriously and persistently underperforming homes on the Special Focus Facility program (or names them candidates). This is CMS's own designation — recorded, not an Atlas verdict.

- **APPLING NURSING AND REHABILITATION PAVILION** (BAXLEY) — SFF candidate
- **BELL MINOR HOME, THE** (GAINESVILLE) — SFF candidate
- **CHESTNUT RIDGE NSG & REHAB CTR** (CUMMING) — SFF candidate
- **FOLKSTON PARK CARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER** (FOLKSTON) — SFF candidate
- **HEARDMONT HEALTH AND REHABILITATION** (ELBERTON) — SFF candidate
- **NURSE CARE OF BUCKHEAD** (ATLANTA) — SFF candidate
- **PRUITTHEALTH - PALMYRA** (ALBANY) — SFF candidate
- **Pinewood Health and Rehabilitation** (WHIGHAM) — SFF candidate
- **RIVERVIEW HEALTH & REHAB CTR** (SAVANNAH) — SFF candidate
- **Rosewood at Tybee Island of Journey LLC, The** (TYBEE ISLAND) — SFF candidate
- **LEGACY TRANSITIONAL CARE & REHABILITATION** (ATLANTA) — Special Focus Facility
- **PERIMETER REHABILITATION SUITES BY HARBORVIEW** (ATLANTA) — Special Focus Facility

## What this is — and is not

This is published CMS Nursing Home Care Compare data — the same facts CMS shows the public, sorted to compare. It **informs and compares**; it does **not** rate, rank, or recommend a home for an individual's needs, and no figure is a guarantee. Shortlist a few, visit in person, ask about the most recent inspection, and call your state Long-Term Care Ombudsman (theconsumervoice.org/get_help).

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