Rockmart, GA · Polk County
★★★★★CMS 5/573 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.66 /day
- Staff turnover
- 28%
- Serious cites
- 0
Rockmart Health runs a tight ship on inspections, zero deficiencies on its current record, none involving harm or abuse, and a five-star health inspection rating from CMS. That's rare company. Staff turnover sits at 27.5%, well under the national average of 45.8%, which suggests people actually stay. The tradeoff shows up in daily coverage: 3.66 nurse hours per resident day, about 5% under the national average, with weekends running roughly 7% thinner than weekdays. So you get consistency and a clean regulatory record, but slightly less hands-on time than average, especially on Saturdays and Sundays. Worth asking the administrator how weekend coverage is actually staffed.
Brunswick, GA · Glynn County
★★★★★CMS 5/560 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.50 /day
- Staff turnover
- 51%
- Serious cites
- 0
Gracemore runs about 3.50 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 9% under the national average, and weekends drop another 12% below its own weekday staffing. Annual turnover sits at 51.1%, higher than the 45.8% national figure, though the home's last inspection came back clean at the harm level, nine deficiencies on record, one tied to abuse, none causing jeopardy. Inspectors visited most recently in April 2026, and the health inspection rating reflects that. The company is a for-profit LLC with 60 certified beds. Families weighing this one should ask how the weekend coverage gap and turnover actually play out on the floor.
Nahunta, GA · Brantley County
★★★★☆CMS 4/563 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 4.11 /day
- Staff turnover
- 45%
- Serious cites
- 0
Bayview Nursing Home runs on more nursing hours than most places, 4.11 per resident per day against a national average of 3.86, and its last inspection came back at four stars, so the day-to-day care and the survey record both look steady. Two things pull the other way. Staff turnover sits at 44.6%, barely better than the national rate, and weekend coverage drops about 8% below weekday levels, which matters when families visit on Saturdays and Sundays. The record also shows two deficiencies, one serious enough to involve harm, plus $13,520 in fines. With 63 beds and corporate ownership, it's a small home where a single bad shift shows up fast.
Tifton, GA · Tift County
★★☆☆☆CMS 2/5178 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.76 /day
- Staff turnover
- 52%
- Serious cites
- 0
The Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia runs 178 certified beds in Tifton under corporate for-profit ownership, and its staffing sits slightly under the national average at 3.76 nurse hours per resident day. Weekends drop roughly 14% below the home's own weekday coverage, and annual turnover of 51.9% runs above the 45.8% national figure, both worth asking about directly. The current record shows 30 deficiencies, four tied to abuse, though none rose to the harm or jeopardy level, and the most recent inspection came in December 2025. Its quality measure rating sits at 1 out of 5, the weakest of its three CMS scores.
Perry, GA · Houston County
★☆☆☆☆CMS 1/5160 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 4.54 /day
- Staff turnover
- 51%
- Serious cites
- 0
Summerhill Elderliving runs 160 certified beds in Perry under for-profit LLC ownership, and the staffing numbers are genuinely above average, 4.54 nurse hours per resident day against a national 3.86. That's the good news, and it's real. The rest is harder. Weekend coverage drops about 14% below the home's own weekday level, and annual turnover sits at 51.4%, meaning more than half the nursing staff leaves each year. Twenty-three deficiencies sit on the current record, five of them serious enough to involve harm or jeopardy, two tied to abuse. Three fines total $86,129. Inspectors were last in on January 23, 2026, and the health inspection rating came back 2 out of 5. Plenty of hands on paper; the record shows where that breaks down.
Brunswick, GA · Glynn County
★★☆☆☆CMS 2/5100 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.37 /day
- Staff turnover
- 65%
- Serious cites
- 0
Sears Manor runs on thinner nurse staffing than most homes, 3.37 hours per resident day against a national average of 3.86, and weekends drop another 13% below its own weekday level, which is when families tend to visit and notice. The bigger number is turnover: 65.2% of staff left over the past year, well above the 45.8% national figure, and that churn shows up in the inspection record too. Twenty deficiencies are on file, three of them abuse-related, with the most recent state visit in May 2025. This is a for-profit LLC operating 100 beds in Brunswick, and the pattern reads as a home where care depends heavily on who happens to be on shift.