2025 Georgia Nursing Home Ratings
What You Should Know About These Nursing Homes In Georgia
The federal government has standards of care in place to ensure certified nursing homes give residents the best possible care.
Not only are caregivers and other nursing home staff responsible for the physical care of their residents, they’re also responsible for residents’ mental, psychological, and social well-being.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rates Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes based on health inspection status, quality of resident care measures, and staffing.
Nursing homes that receive five stars are considered “much above average.” Nursing homes that receive one star are considered “much below average.”
Click the link or download button below for an interactive graphic. Just click on a city from the home page of the graphic. Each city lists all the Georgia nursing homes and long-term care facilities within 25 (or 50) miles of each region with a one-star or five-star overall rating. All nursing homes are listed in order of distance from each city.
Use the map below to view the 2025 1-Star and 5-Star facilities. Also listed are facilities that have been cited for abuse and facilities listed on the Special Focus Facilities (SFF) list.
Green Pins: 5-Stars
Red Pins: 1-Star
Purple Pins: Cited for Abuse
Brown Pins: Special Focus Facility
Star ratings are held constant for a period of at least one year. Nursing Home Compare data was last updated in March 2025.
Click here to search Nursing Home Compare for a specific facility or region.
Click here to learn about 2024 Special Focus Facilities.
Special Focus Facilities List
The list below was last updated in March 2025. The list includes facilities currently on the SFF list, facilities that have graduated from the SFF list, facilities no longer participating in the Medicare & Medicaid Program, and facilities that are a candidate for being on the SFF list. All GA facilities have been highlighted. You can also find the list here.
Several changes were made to the Five-Star Quality Rating System in 2025
The Five-Star Quality Rating System for nursing homes has recently updated four key quality measures to align with changes to the Minimum Data Set (MDS). These updates include a new measure evaluating discharge function scores for short-stay residents, as well as revised metrics for tracking:
- The percentage of residents needing increased assistance with daily activities,
- Those experiencing a decline in independent mobility, and
- Residents developing pressure ulcers.
Click here to learn more about the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
The federal government takes the following information into consideration when scoring a nursing home:
Health Inspections
- The three most recent health inspections prior to implementation of the new Long-term Care Survey
- Any citations or complaints reported in the last three years
- Points are based on the severity of the citation
- The bottom 20 percent get a 1-star rating
- National Fire Protection Association requirements
- Risk Assessment
- Policies and Procedures during an emergency
- Communication plan
- Training and testing program
Staffing
- Ratio of nursing home staff hours to residents
- Staff includes RNs, nurse aides, and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) or Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs)
- A one-to-five rating is assigned based on a percentile-based method
Quality of resident care
- 16 quality measures (QMs, based on the percentage of residents affected)
- Long-stay measures
- Decline in independence or movement
- Increased need for help with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
- High-risk for pressure ulcers (bedsores)
- Catheter inserted within the last week
- Physically restrained residents
- Urinary tract infection
- Report moderate to severe pain
- Falls
- Antipsychotic medication use
- Physical function improves
- New or worsened pressure ulcers (bedsores)
- Report moderate to severe pain
- Newly on anti-psychotic medication
- Re-hospitalized after nursing home admission
- Outpatient emergency room visit
- Successful discharges into the community
- Clinical data reported by nursing home
- Four most recent quarters of available data are used
Nursing Homes in Georgia
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