The 10 Worst Nursing Homes in Georgia

  Worst Nursing Homes in Georgia By City

Every city in Georgia has its own set of challenges and standards when it comes to nursing home care. To help you find the information most relevant to your location, we've compiled city-specific rankings of the worst-rated nursing homes. Click on the links below to explore the detailed lists for each city.

Worst Nursing Homes in Atlanta

• Legacy Transitional Care and Rehabilitation (295)
• Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. (2024-12-17)
• Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (2024-12-17)
• Pruitthealth - Brookhaven (213)
• Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. (2024-12-09)
• Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. (2024-12-09)
• Pruitthealth - Virginia Park (197.333)
• Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (2024-02-09)
• Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged. (2024-02-09)
• Sandy Springs Center For Nursing and Healing LLC (146.833)
• Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. (2023-06-19)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2023-06-19)
• Golden Villa (143.333)
• Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2024-05-29)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2024-05-02)
• Buckhead Center For Nursing and Healing (138.333)
• Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members. (2024-12-02)
• Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. (2024-09-03)
• Nurse Care of Buckhead (134.667)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2024-11-01)
• Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (2024-09-16)
• Westminster Commons (129.667)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-10-22)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2024-03-04)
• Fulton Center For Rehabilitation LLC (119)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2023-12-03)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2023-12-03)
• Pruitthealth - West Atlanta (117.333)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-07-03)
• Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (2024-07-03)

Worst Nursing Homes in Augusta

• Lakepoint Augusta, LLC (89.333)
• Provide a written emergency evacuation plan. (2025-02-04)
• Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times. (2025-01-10)
• Augusta Center For Health and Rehabilitation, LLC (87.667)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2025-01-02)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2025-01-02)
• Harrington Park Health and Rehabilitation (76.667)
• Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (2025-03-14)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2025-03-14)
• Pruitthealth - Richmond, LLC (56.667)
• Have properly sized and located compartments to protect residents from smoke. (2024-06-13)
• Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours. (2024-06-13)
• Mainegeneral Rehab and Long Term Care - Gray Birch (50.667)
• Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (2024-09-13)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-09-13)
• Pruitthealth - Augusta (48)
• Have corridors or aisles that are unobstructed and are at least 8 feet in width. (2024-03-27)
• Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency. (2024-03-27)
• Augusta Health and Rehabilitation (46)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2024-07-19)
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2024-01-18)
• Mainegeneral Rehab and Long Term Care - Glenridge (26.667)
• PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities (2025-02-07)
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (2025-02-07)
• Harborview Health Center of Augusta (26.667)
• Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (2024-05-27)
• Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. (2024-05-27)
• Azalea Health Center By Harborview (18.667)
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2023-05-22)
• Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (2023-05-22)

Worst Nursing Homes in Savannah

• Abundant Acres Care and Rehab (231.667)
• Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft. (2024-08-15)
• Provide hallway or ground-level exits in all residents' rooms. (2024-08-15)
• Laverna Manor Health and Rehabilitation (194.667)
• Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft. (2024-11-13)
• Notify the resident or the resident?s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident?s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. (2024-11-01)
• Hardin County Nh (170)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-04-10)
• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (2024-04-10)
• Thunderbolt Care Center LLC (161.5)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2025-01-20)
• Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (2025-01-20)
• Savannah Post Acute LLC (98.667)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2024-11-07)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-11-07)
• Pruitthealth - Savannah (70.667)
• Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2024-03-28)
• Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency. (2024-03-14)
• Abercorn Rehabilitation Center (37.333)
• Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (2025-02-22)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2025-02-22)
• Riverview Health and Rehab Ctr (36)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2022-10-23)
• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (2022-10-23)
• Oaks Health Ctr at The Marshes of Skidaway Island (34.667)
• Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (2025-02-13)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2025-02-13)
• Harbert Hills Academy N H (30)
• Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. (2023-11-29)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2023-11-29)

Worst Nursing Homes in Columbus

• Capital City Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Ce (277.667)
• Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. (2025-01-15)
• Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency. (2025-01-15)
• Vineyard Court Nursing Center (235.333)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-07-05)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2024-02-23)
• Scioto Rehabilitation and Care Center (206.333)
• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (2025-01-29)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2025-01-29)
• Columbus Healthcare Center (193.167)
• Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (2024-10-15)
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (2024-09-17)
• The Laurels of Gahanna (186.333)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-01-09)
• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. (2024-10-24)
• Bella Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (180.333)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2024-12-11)
• Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (2024-08-20)
• Eastland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (168.333)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2025-02-05)
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2024-12-05)
• Embassy of Woodview (158.667)
• Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. (2024-10-21)
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2024-10-21)
• Majestic Care of Columbus LLC (152.167)
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (2025-02-13)
• Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs. (2025-02-13)
• Arlington Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (138.5)
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2024-08-16)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2024-06-14)

Worst Nursing Homes in Gainesville

• Park Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center (428)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2024-12-14)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2024-12-14)
• Gainesville Convalescent Center (223.833)
• Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed. (2024-10-24)
• Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. (2024-10-24)
• Aspire at North Florida (172)
• Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (2025-02-13)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2025-02-13)
• Renaissance Care Center (108.667)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2024-03-30)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2024-03-30)
• Terrace Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center (93.667)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2024-11-07)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2024-11-07)
• River Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center (81.167)
• Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating. (2024-01-29)
• Provide properly protected cooking facilities. (2024-01-29)
• Gainesville Health and Rehabilitation (80)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2024-12-26)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2024-12-26)
• Gainesville Health and Rehab Center (79.333)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2023-06-06)
• Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (2023-04-11)
• Lake Manassas Health and Rehabilitation Center (68.667)
• Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (2024-07-31)
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2024-07-31)
• Plaza Health and Rehab (57.667)
• Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (2024-07-20)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2024-07-20)

  Related Lists and Resources

While it's important to be aware of the lowest-rated facilities, we also provide resources to help you find the best care available. Check out our other lists to find top-rated nursing homes and facilities that excel in specific areas.

• Best Nursing Homes in Georgia
• Analysis of Nursing Homes in Georgia

  Making Informed Decisions

Understanding our rankings and how they are derived can empower you to make better choices for your loved ones. Remember, a low rating in one area doesn't necessarily mean a facility is entirely unsuitable; it's a starting point for further investigation.

  Tips for Evaluating Nursing Homes in Georgia:

• Schedule visits to potential facilities
• Speak with staff and residents
• Review recent inspection reports
• Consider the specific needs of your loved one

Disclaimer: NursingHomeDatabase.com does not have a relationship, either commercial or otherwise, with any of the skilled nursing facilities referred to on this site. This is an independent resource that tries to make more and better information available to the public.

  More Resources for Families

Navigating the world of nursing home care can be overwhelming. Here are some resources to help you make the best decisions for your family:

• The Role of Family in Nursing Home Care
• Navigating Medicaid for Nursing Home Care
• How to Handle a Nursing Home Discharge
• Understanding Nursing Home Ratings and What They Mean
• Questions to Ask During a Nursing Home Visit

  How We Compile Nursing Home Ratings in Georgia

Every month, we rank all of the skilled nursing facilities in Georgia. These rankings are based on data provided by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid measures ("CMS"), including the CMS 5-Star Rating System and the Health Inspection Scores. The list of the Worst Skilled Nursing Facilities in Georgia is based on the weighted overall health inspection score which is a composite of CMS's three most recent skilled nursing home inspection scores weighted to give the most recent inspection more importance.

The CMS 5-Star Rating System rates skilled nursing facilities from one to five stars, with one star being the lowest and five stars being the highest. The rating system also rates Georgia nursing homes across five different dimensions including overall rating, health inspection rating, quality measures rating, overall staffing rating, and RN staffing rating (RN is an acronym for Registered Nurse).

In addition to the 5-Star Rating System, CMS provides numerical metrics that summarize:

• Health Inspection Domain. The health inspection rating is based on the three most recent standard surveys for each nursing home, results from any complaint investigations during the most recent three-year period, and any repeat revisits needed to verify that required corrections have brought the facility back into compliance. CMS calculates a weighted deficiency score based on points assigned to health deficiencies identified in each active provider’s current health inspection survey and the two prior surveys (including revisits), as well as deficiency findings from the most recent three years of complaint investigations. More recent surveys are weighted more heavily than older surveys: the most recent period (cycle 1) is assigned a weighting factor of 1/2, the previous period (cycle 2) has a weighting factor of 1/3, and the second prior survey (cycle 3) has a weighting factor of 1/6. The weighted time period scores are then summed to create the survey score for each facility.
• Staffing Domain. Using multiple reporting methods, CMS calculates the amount of time that the nursing staff spends with residents. This is measured across multiple dimensions, one each for three different levels of nursing, including Registered Nurses (“RNs”), Licensed Practical Nurses (“LPNs”), and Certified Nursing Assistants (“CNAs”), plus one metric that totals all contributions. These metrics are expressed in hours per resident per day. CMS also provides state-level and national averages for the metrics to allow for additional comparisons.
• Quality Measures Domain. A set of quality measures (QMs) has been developed from MDS-based indicators to describe the quality of care provided in nursing homes. These measures address a broad range of functioning and health status in multiple care areas. The facility rating for the QM domain is based on performance on a subset of 11 (out of 18) of the QMs. Ratings for the QM domain are calculated using the three most recent quarters for which data are available. This time period specification was selected to increase the number of assessments available for calculating the QM rating, increasing the stability of estimates and reducing the number of facilities that do not have enough data to report QM ratings.
• Abuse Flag. Abuse is always a concern in skilled nursing facilities. To highlight the issue, CMS has extracted this feature as its own flag. Facilities with an actual abuse event or where the potential for abuse has been shown for the past two years are flagged. The Health Inspection Score is capped at 2-stars for nursing homes that have been flagged for abuse.

Skilled nursing facilities that are new and do not have at least two surveys completed are not rated by CMS. These facilities may have health inspection scores that can be used to evaluate the facility.

One complication in Georgia nursing home inspections is the COVID-19 pandemic. Although inspections should be performed every 12 months, COVID has decreased this frequency. While CMS admits that only in “rare cases” do these inspections increase to 15 months, our analysis suggests that this time frame may be even longer. This report shows that the time between inspections is now just under 500 days (more than sixteen months). There are now hundreds of skilled nursing homes in the United States that have not been inspected in more than 24 months. This list shows the skilled nursing homes with the longest period since being inspected. According to the CMS data, these homes have not been inspected since 2018!