Nursing home
Heritage Oaks
2255 Frederica Road, Saint Simons Island, GA 31522 · Map
Non profit - Other · Part of Magnolia Manor Senior Living (6 facilities) · 125 certified beds
Heritage Oaks is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Saint Simons Island, Georgia. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall. Its most recent inspection on Apr 2, 2025 cited 2 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Heritage Oaks 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) | — | 3.57 | 3.89 | — |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 0.49 | 0.68 | — |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 2.15 | 2.34 | — |
| Nursing staff turnover | 38.0% | 46.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 2.0 | 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.
What inspectors found at Heritage Oaks
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 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 2, 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 · Feb 5, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 5, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 5, 2023
Show all 10 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 5, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 5, 2023 - Potential for harm
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Administration Deficiencies · Jun 17, 2021 - 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 · Jun 17, 2021 - Potential for harm
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jun 17, 2021
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
- 2255 Frederica Road
Saint Simons Island, GA 31522 - CMS certification #
- 115582
- Ownership
- Non profit - Other
- Certified beds
- 125
- Avg residents/day
- —
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1995-05-01
- Chain
- Magnolia Manor Senior Living (6 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Magnolia Manor Senior Living
Magnolia Manor Senior Living operates 6 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Magnolia Manor Senior Living facilities →
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Heritage Oaks using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2008
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation Zone A; in FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AE)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Apr 19, 2008 to Apr 17, 2010. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $15,923 owed to 63 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Magnolia Manor of St Simons (Magnolia Manor, Inc.). Case 1542870.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus, Saint Marys. 30.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Marsh's Edge, Saint Simons Island. 3.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Adoration Home Health, Brunswick. 7.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 31522 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Kidney Care Glynn County, Brunswick, 5.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Brunswick South Dialysis, Brunswick, 5.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Brunswick Dialysis, Brunswick, 6.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 13 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 31522.
Georgia Hospice Care, office in Brunswick, 6.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Coastal Hospice Of Georgia, office in Brunswick, 7.1 miles away, straight line
Gentiva, office in Brunswick, 7.4 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Effingham Rehab Services, LLC, Kingsland. 31.2 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.
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zone A on the Georgia hurricane evacuation zones. (Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, map updated Aug 21, 2023)
- Flood zone
- Zone AE: 1% annual chance flood area (high risk); base flood elevation set. This is inside FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, where flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages. Base flood elevation 8 Feet NAVD88. (FEMA flood map)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In St. Simons, GA, risk to homes is greater than 100% of communities in Georgia and 94% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding very low, coastal flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado relatively low, 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Heritage Oaks a good nursing home?
CMS gives Heritage Oaks an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
Has Heritage Oaks had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does Heritage Oaks have?
Heritage Oaks is certified for 125 beds.