Nursing home
Senior Care Center - St Marys
805 Dilworth Street, Saint Marys, GA 31558 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · 78 certified beds
Senior Care Center - St Marys is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Saint Marys, Georgia. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 2.87 hours per resident per day, below the Georgia average of 3.57. Its most recent inspection on Nov 21, 2025 cited 2 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $4,072In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Senior Care Center - St Marys 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) | 2.87 | 3.57 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.57 | 0.49 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.60 | 2.15 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 68.4% | 46.5% | 46.4% | above 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $4,072, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Senior Care Center - St Marys
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 a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 14, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Mar 14, 2024 · 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 · Mar 14, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 14, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 14, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 14, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 14, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 14, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 14, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 14, 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
- 805 Dilworth Street
Saint Marys, GA 31558 - CMS certification #
- 115684
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 78
- Avg residents/day
- 64.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2003-03-20
- Setting
- Rural
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Senior Care Center - St Marys using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Diabetes care
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation Zone B
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Senior Care Center - St Marys 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 diabetes care.
Healthy Me Diabetes Support Group (Brunswick Campus)
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus, Saint Marys. 4.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Fernandina Beach Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Fernandina Beach. 8.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Beacon In Home Health LLC, Yulee. 8.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 31558 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita St. Mary'S Dialysis, Saint Marys, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care St. Marys, Saint Marys, 5.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach, 10.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 6 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 31558.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Florida Medical Geriatric Group, Saint Marys. 0.0 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 B on the Georgia hurricane evacuation zones. (Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, map updated Aug 21, 2023)
- 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)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In St. Marys, GA, risk to homes is greater than 98% of communities in Georgia and 89% 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 relatively low, coastal flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado relatively moderate, 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 | 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Senior Care Center - St Marys a good nursing home?
CMS gives Senior Care Center - St Marys an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Senior Care Center - St Marys staffed?
Senior Care Center - St Marys reports 2.87 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Georgia average of 3.57.
Has Senior Care Center - St Marys had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does Senior Care Center - St Marys have?
Senior Care Center - St Marys is certified for 78 beds.