Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Hart Care Center
261 Fairview Avenue, Hartwell, GA 30643 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 117 certified beds
Hart Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Hartwell, Georgia. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.21 hours per resident per day, above the Georgia average of 3.57. Its most recent inspection on Mar 21, 2025 cited 1 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Hart 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) | 4.21 | 3.57 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.53 | 2.15 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 42.6% | 46.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 1.0 | 6.1 | 9.5 | below 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 March 21, 2025 inspection was corrected by May 16, 2025
What inspectors found at Hart 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
Ensure that residents are assessed for appropriateness for a feeding assistant program, receive services as per their plan of care, and feeding assistants are trained and supervised.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Mar 21, 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
- 261 Fairview Avenue
Hartwell, GA 30643 - CMS certification #
- 115449
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 117
- Avg residents/day
- 60.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1989-10-01
- Setting
- Rural
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Respite stays
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Hart 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.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite Senior Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLC, Lavonia. 11.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation, Hartwell. 1.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Enhabit Home Health, Hartwell. 1.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Economy Drug Store. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 30643 as rural (rural area).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Lake Hartwell Dialysis, Hartwell, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Lake Hartwell Kidney Center, Hartwell, 1.1 miles away, straight line
Usrc Royston, Royston, 12.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 15 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 30643.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Prisma Health University Medical Group, Easley. 37.7 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 relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, 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 | 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 very 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 Hart Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Hart Care Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Hart Care Center staffed?
Hart Care Center reports 4.21 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Georgia average of 3.57.
Has Hart Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 1 deficiencies.
How many beds does Hart Care Center have?
Hart Care Center is certified for 117 beds.