Nursing home
Fort Gaines Health and Rehab
101 Hartford Road, West, Fort Gaines, GA 39851 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Mission Health Communities (40 facilities) · 60 certified beds
Fort Gaines Health and Rehab is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Fort Gaines, Georgia. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.40 hours per resident per day, below the Georgia average of 3.57. Its most recent inspection on Apr 30, 2025 cited 12 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Fort Gaines Health and Rehab 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) | 3.40 | 3.57 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.37 | 0.49 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.11 | 2.15 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 22.4% | 46.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 12.0 | 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 April 30, 2025 inspection was corrected by June 10, 2025
What inspectors found at Fort Gaines Health and Rehab
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
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
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.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 30, 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
- 101 Hartford Road, West
Fort Gaines, GA 39851 - CMS certification #
- 115696
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 60
- Avg residents/day
- 54.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2005-06-10
- Chain
- Mission Health Communities (40 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Mission Health Communities
Mission Health Communities operates 40 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Mission Health Communities facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Fort Gaines Health and Rehab using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2021, no violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Fort Gaines Health and Rehab says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
respite
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Serving those needing 24-hour nursing care for an extended period of time, while also providing a range of physical, speech, and occupational therapies as appropriate.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Our community participates in Medicaid, Medicare Part A & B, private insurance, hospice, respite care, and participating HMO plans.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Jun 29, 2021: programmed (planned) inspection, no inspection (health). Case closed Jun 29, 2021. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Fort Gaines Health and Rehab.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Lifebrite Community Hospital Of Early, Blakely. 17.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Henry County Health and Rehabilitation Facility, Abbeville. 12.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Amedisys Home Health, Dothan. 31.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 17.0 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 39851 as rural (rural area).
- Hospice
- 2 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 39851.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Gerination Medical Centers LLC, Auburn. 72.9 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 high. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively low, tornado very high, heat wave relatively moderate, 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 | See above |
| 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 Fort Gaines Health and Rehab a good nursing home?
CMS gives Fort Gaines Health and Rehab an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Fort Gaines Health and Rehab staffed?
Fort Gaines Health and Rehab reports 3.40 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Georgia average of 3.57.
Has Fort Gaines Health and Rehab had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 12 deficiencies.
How many beds does Fort Gaines Health and Rehab have?
Fort Gaines Health and Rehab is certified for 60 beds.