Best Nursing Homes in Georgia — 2026 Rankings

Georgia has 356 CMS-certified skilled nursing facilities. The state averages 16.6 deficiencies per facility, with 4 facilities receiving zero citations in their latest CMS survey cycle. Rankings below are based on official CMS Health Deficiency data.

Top-Ranked Facilities (Fewest Deficiencies)

1. Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin — Milledgeville (0 deficiencies)
2. Heritage Inn Of Sandersville Health And Rehab — Sandersville (0 deficiencies)
3. Miona Geriatric & Dementia Center — Ideal (0 deficiencies)
4. Rockmart Health — Rockmart (0 deficiencies)
5. Bayview Nursing Home — Nahunta (1 deficiencies)
6. Effingham Care & Rehabilitation Center — Springfield (1 deficiencies)
7. Gracewood Nsg Facility(unit 9) — Gracewood (1 deficiencies)
8. Hart Care Center — Hartwell (1 deficiencies)
9. Pruitthealth - Toomsboro — Toomsboro (1 deficiencies)
10. Salude - The Art Of Recovery — Suwanee (1 deficiencies)
11. Keysville Nursing Home & Rehab — Blythe (2 deficiencies)
12. Lenbrook — Atlanta (2 deficiencies)
13. Marsh's Edge — Saint Simons Island (2 deficiencies)
14. Twin Oaks Convalescent Center — Alma (2 deficiencies)
15. Cedar Valley Nsg & Rehab Ctr — Cedartown (3 deficiencies)
16. Four County Health And Rehabilitation — Richland (3 deficiencies)
17. Gordon Health And Rehabilitation — Calhoun (3 deficiencies)
18. Green Acres Health And Rehabilitation — Milledgeville (3 deficiencies)
19. Oakview Health And Rehabilitation — Summerville (3 deficiencies)
20. Pruitthealth - Creekside — Augusta (3 deficiencies)
21. Pruitthealth - Swainsboro — Swainsboro (3 deficiencies)
22. Scott Health & Rehabilitation — Adrian (3 deficiencies)
23. Stevens Park Health And Rehabilitation — Augusta (3 deficiencies)
24. Treutlen County Health And Rehabilitation — Soperton (3 deficiencies)
25. Ansley Park Health And Rehabilitation — Newnan (4 deficiencies)

Most-Cited Compliance Areas in Georgia

• Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 1,363 citations
• Resident Rights Deficiencies — 1,054 citations
• Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 987 citations
• Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 566 citations
• Infection Control Deficiencies — 562 citations

Compare to Other States

• Browse all 50 state rankings
• Georgia SNF Scorecard
• Georgia Compliance Benchmark

Explore POCDesk — Free Nursing Home Compliance Tools

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• Survey Tracker — recent CMS survey activity
• F-Tag Reference Guide — every CMS deficiency tag
• Plan of Correction (POC) Complete Guide
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• CMS Survey Preparation Guide
• SNF Compliance Guides
• What Is Skilled Nursing Care?

Official Sources

POCDesk analyzes official government data. Verify any facility's record or read the underlying regulations at these primary sources:

• Medicare.gov Care Compare — CMS's official nursing home comparison tool
• CMS Provider Data Catalog — the raw nursing home inspection & deficiency datasets
• CMS Nursing Home Certification & Compliance — enforcement policy and the Special Focus Facility program
• 42 CFR Part 483 (eCFR) — the federal requirements of participation behind every F-Tag
• National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center — free advocacy help for residents and families