Nursing home
Legacy Transitional Care & Rehabilitation
460 Auburn Avenue N.E., Atlanta, GA 30312 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Wellington Health Care Services (14 facilities) · 186 certified beds
Legacy Transitional Care & Rehabilitation is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Atlanta, Georgia. Nurse staffing is 2.85 hours per resident per day, below the Georgia average of 3.57. Its most recent inspection on Nov 17, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight.
- Special Focus FacilityCMS has identified this facility for enhanced oversight.
- 8 fines totaling $131,958In CMS records: 8 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Legacy Transitional Care & Rehabilitation 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) | 2.85 | 3.57 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.11 | 0.49 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.07 | 2.15 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 62.0% | 46.5% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 8 fines totaling $131,958, 8 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Legacy Transitional Care & Rehabilitation
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
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Environmental Deficiencies · Nov 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 17, 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 · Apr 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Apr 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 11, 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 · Apr 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 11, 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 · Nov 8, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Nov 8, 2024 · 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
- 460 Auburn Avenue N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30312 - CMS certification #
- 115585
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 186
- Avg residents/day
- 182.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1995-07-01
- Chain
- Wellington Health Care Services (14 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Wellington Health Care Services
Wellington Health Care Services operates 14 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Wellington Health Care Services facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Legacy Transitional Care & Rehabilitation using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2020, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
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.
- Aug 17, 2020: fatality or catastrophe inspection, complete (health). Case closed Apr 9, 2021. 3 violations cited (3 serious). Penalties: $8,778 proposed, $5,267 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 460 Auburn Avenue Associates, L.p. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(c)(1)). Penalty $8,778 proposed, $5,267 now. To be fixed by Mar 4, 2021.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 4, 2021.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 4, 2021.
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
- Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta. 0.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- The A.g. Rhodes Home, INC, Atlanta. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Suncrest Home Health, Atlanta. 1.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 30312 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Centennial Atlanta Dialysis, Atlanta, 0.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Davita Linden Dialysis, Atlanta, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Atlanta Dialysis, Atlanta, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 35 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 30312.
The Weinstein Hospice, office in Atlanta, 7.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Legacy Hospice, LLC, office in Decatur, 8.0 miles away, straight line
Atlanta Regional Hospice, LLC, office in Lake City, 9.7 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Emory Medical Care Foundation Inc, Atlanta. 0.8 miles away, straight line. 5 geriatric medicine doctors 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: very low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, 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 | 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 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Legacy Transitional Care & Rehabilitation staffed?
Legacy Transitional Care & Rehabilitation reports 2.85 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Georgia average of 3.57.
Has Legacy Transitional Care & Rehabilitation had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Legacy Transitional Care & Rehabilitation have?
Legacy Transitional Care & Rehabilitation is certified for 186 beds.