Early Memorial Nursing Facility: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Early Memorial Nursing Facility is a 127-bed for-profit nursing home in Blakely, Georgia. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.41 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 13% above the Georgia average of 2.14, and 30.8% nursing staff turnover (Georgia average 46.0%).
Early Memorial Nursing Facility
11740 Columbia StreetBlakely, GA 39823
Early 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 Early Memorial Nursing Facility, nurse aides logged 2.41 hours per resident per day, 13% above the Georgia average. With about 85 residents a day, that works out to roughly 206 aide hours a day, or about 26 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Georgia avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.41 | 2.14 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.26 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.23 | 3.56 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.54 | 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
30.8% of nursing staff at Early Memorial Nursing Facility left over the year CMS measured, against a Georgia average of 46.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 20.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 11, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (Georgia average 5.2). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $177,463 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2023 | Fine | $177,463 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Early Memorial Nursing Facility holds 1 of 5 overall; the Georgia average is 2.6.
About Early Memorial Nursing Facility
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Lifebrite Hospital Group of Early LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 1, 1979
- Located inside a hospital
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Early Memorial Nursing Facility
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| The Reserve at Fort Gaines of Journey LLC Fort Gaines | 17.0 | 60 | 1.92 | 3.25 | 16.7% | 2 | None |
| Calhoun Nursing Home Edison | 17.5 | 60 | 2.61 | 4.49 | 39.0% | 5 | None |
| Miller Nursing Home Colquitt | 18.5 | 157 | 2.49 | 5.38 | 40.8% | 5 | None |
| Henry County Health and Rehabilitation Facility Abbeville | 22.0 | 142 | 2.95 | 5.02 | 43.6% | 4 | None |
| Seminole Manor Nursing Home Donalsonville | 22.7 | 75 | 2.00 | 3.24 | 22.2% | 2 | None |
| Extendicare Health and Rehab Dothan | 28.5 | 170 | 2.77 | 4.42 | 52.6% | 2 | None |
| Joe-Anne Burgin Health and Rehabilitation Cuthbert | 29.1 | 80 | 2.66 | 3.72 | 33.3% | 5 | $5,077 |
| Wesley Place on Honeysuckle Dothan | 30.8 | 166 | 3.37 | 4.95 | — | 2 | $45,544 |
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.