Buchanan Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Buchanan Healthcare Center is a 60-bed for-profit nursing home in Buchanan, Georgia, part of Blue Ridge Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.72 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 20% below the Georgia average of 2.14, and 74.5% nursing staff turnover (Georgia average 46.0%).
Buchanan Healthcare Center
144 Depot StreetBuchanan, GA 30113
Haralson County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Buchanan Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 1.72 hours per resident per day, 20% below the Georgia average. With about 46 residents a day, that works out to roughly 79 aide hours a day, or about 10 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Georgia avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.72 | 2.14 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.92 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.89 | 3.56 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.84 | 3.10 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
74.5% of nursing staff at Buchanan Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Georgia average of 46.0% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 30, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (Georgia average 5.2). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Buchanan Healthcare Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the Georgia average is 2.6.
About Buchanan Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Blue Ridge Healthcare, 3 homes
- Legal name: Buchanan Healthcare Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 1, 1995
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Buchanan Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Countryside Post Acute Buchanan | 0.3 | 62 | 1.67 | 3.08 | — | 1 | $4,068 |
| Haralson Nsg & Rehab Center Bremen | 6.6 | 120 | 1.95 | 3.35 | 61.5% | 1 | $8,948 |
| Cedar Valley Nsg & Rehab Ctr Cedartown | 15.1 | 100 | 2.10 | 3.57 | 58.4% | 5 | None |
| Rockmart Health Rockmart | 16.2 | 73 | 2.38 | 3.66 | 27.5% | 5 | None |
| The Cottages at Rockmart Rockmart · staffing data not validated | 16.3 | 116 | — | — | 30.6% | 3 | None |
| Pine Knoll Path of Journey LLC Carrollton | 16.5 | 122 | 1.65 | 3.18 | 100.0% | 1 | None |
| PruittHealth - Carrollton Carrollton | 17.6 | 42 | 1.98 | 3.62 | 61.0% | 4 | None |
| Carrollton Crossing of Journey LLC Carrollton · abuse citation | 20.1 | 159 | 1.68 | 3.22 | 100.0% | 1 | $3,728 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.