Overview
Decatur Center for Nursing and Healing has a Medicare overall rating of 3 out of 5, above the Georgia average of 2.7. It is the highest-rated of the 6 nursing homes in Decatur. It scores best on quality of care (5 of 5) and lowest on health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.2 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 74% of nursing homes in Georgia (the state average is 3.6 hours). Of that, 0.6 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on April 1, 2026, found 4 health deficiencies, fewer than the Georgia average of 4.8. All of them came from complaint investigations. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 32% of Georgia nursing homes have been fined.
Decatur Center for Nursing and Healing is a for-profit facility with 140 certified beds, caring for about 119 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1977.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 17%
Top 37%
Top 33%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- April 1, 2026
- Health deficiencies cited
- 4
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 4
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.20 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.60 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.81 hrs
- Nurse aides1.79 hrs
- Physical therapists0.18 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 140
- Average residents per day
- 119
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- November 1, 1977
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes