Nursing home
Blue Ridge Care Center
600 West Memorial Drive, Dallas, GA 30132 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · 182 certified beds
Blue Ridge Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Dallas, Georgia. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.02 hours per resident per day, above the Georgia average of 3.57. Its most recent inspection on Dec 7, 2025 cited 14 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Blue Ridge Care Center compares
This facility vs. the Georgia and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Georgia avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.02 | 3.57 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.47 | 0.49 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.38 | 2.15 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 37.7% | 46.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 14.0 | 6.1 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the December 7, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 9, 2026
What inspectors found at Blue Ridge Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Environmental Deficiencies · Dec 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Administration Deficiencies · Jul 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jul 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 600 West Memorial Drive
Dallas, GA 30132 - CMS certification #
- 115258
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 182
- Avg residents/day
- 149.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1978-02-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice, diabetes care
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Blue Ridge Care Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica, Villa Rica. 12.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Ross Memorial Health Care CTR, Kennesaw. 11.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Central Home Health Care, An Amedisys Company, Douglasville. 15.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 30132 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Paulding Dialysis, Dallas, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Dallas, Dallas, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita West Hiram Dialysis, Hiram, 4.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 48 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 30132.
Merit Hospice Of Atlanta, LLC, office in Dallas, 3.9 miles away, straight line
Hope Hospice Of Atlanta, office in Hiram, 7.2 miles away, straight line
Agape Hospice Care Of Carrollton, LLC, office in Villa Rica, 9.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Wellstar Medical Group LLC, Kennesaw. 10.1 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Blue Ridge Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Blue Ridge Care Center an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Blue Ridge Care Center staffed?
Blue Ridge Care Center reports 4.02 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Georgia average of 3.57.
Has Blue Ridge Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 14 deficiencies.
How many beds does Blue Ridge Care Center have?
Blue Ridge Care Center is certified for 182 beds.