Nursing home
Waycross Health and Rehabilitation
1910 Dorothy Street, Waycross, GA 31501 · Map
Non profit - Other · Part of Ethica Health (48 facilities) · 92 certified beds
Waycross Health and Rehabilitation is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Waycross, Georgia. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.67 hours per resident per day, above the Georgia average of 3.57. Its most recent inspection on Mar 20, 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 Waycross Health and 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) | 3.67 | 3.57 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.86 | 0.49 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.41 | 2.15 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 50.0% | 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.
- Every deficiency from the March 20, 2025 inspection was corrected by May 4, 2025
What inspectors found at Waycross Health and 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
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual 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 · Dec 18, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 18, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 18, 2022
Show all 8 deficiencies
- 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 · Dec 18, 2022 - 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 · Dec 18, 2022 - Potential for harm
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 5, 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
- 1910 Dorothy Street
Waycross, GA 31501 - CMS certification #
- 115605
- Ownership
- Non profit - Other
- Certified beds
- 92
- Avg residents/day
- 64.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1996-10-01
- Chain
- Ethica Health (48 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Ethica Health
Ethica Health operates 48 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Ethica Health facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
Full public records, with dates and sources
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Memorial Satilla Health, Waycross. 0.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Harborview Satilla, Waycross. 0.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Amedisys Home Health, Waycross. 1.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 2.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 31501 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Kidney Care Waycross, Waycross, 1.0 mile away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Davita Satilla River Dialysis, Waycross, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 8 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 31501.
Hospice Satilla Of Mem Hosp, office in Waycross, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Affinis Hospice, office in Waycross, 2.3 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Effingham Rehab Services, LLC, Kingsland. 50.8 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: very low. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding very low, wildfire very low, 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 | 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 | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Waycross Health and Rehabilitation a good nursing home?
CMS gives Waycross Health and Rehabilitation an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Waycross Health and Rehabilitation staffed?
Waycross Health and Rehabilitation reports 3.67 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Georgia average of 3.57.
Has Waycross Health and Rehabilitation had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does Waycross Health and Rehabilitation have?
Waycross Health and Rehabilitation is certified for 92 beds.