Folkston Park Care and Rehabilitation Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Folkston Park Care and Rehabilitation Center is a 92-bed for-profit nursing home in Folkston, Georgia, part of Beacon Health Management. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.62 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 24% below the Georgia average of 2.14, and 60.0% nursing staff turnover (Georgia average 46.0%).
Folkston Park Care and Rehabilitation Center
36261 North Okefenokee DriveFolkston, GA 31537
Charlton County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
Special Focus Facility candidate. CMS lists this home as a candidate for its Special Focus Facility program, which is for nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues.
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Folkston Park Care and Rehabilitation Center, nurse aides logged 1.62 hours per resident per day, 24% below the Georgia average. With about 64 residents a day, that works out to roughly 104 aide hours a day, or about 13 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Georgia avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.62 | 2.14 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.07 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.33 | 0.50 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.02 | 3.56 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.71 | 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
60.0% of nursing staff at Folkston Park Care and Rehabilitation Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Georgia average of 46.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 85.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 7, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 16 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. Folkston Park Care and Rehabilitation Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the Georgia average is 2.6.
About Folkston Park Care and Rehabilitation Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Beacon Health Management, 11 homes
- Legal name: FS SNF LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1997
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Folkston Park Care and Rehabilitation Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Life Care Center of Hilliard Hilliard | 11.5 | 120 | 2.22 | 3.83 | 55.4% | 3 | None |
| Bayview Nursing Home Nahunta | 25.3 | 63 | 2.43 | 4.11 | 44.6% | 4 | $13,520 |
| Senior Care Center - St Marys Saint Marys | 28.0 | 78 | 1.63 | 2.91 | 62.5% | 1 | $4,072 |
| Lakeside Center for Rehabilitation and Healing Jacksonville | 32.2 | 122 | 2.17 | 3.56 | 61.0% | 4 | None |
| Jacksonville Nursing and Rehab Center Jacksonville | 32.7 | 163 | 2.09 | 3.47 | 50.0% | 5 | None |
| River City Nursing and Rehab Center Jacksonville | 33.0 | 116 | 2.28 | 3.96 | — | 5 | None |
| Harborview Satilla Waycross | 34.0 | 174 | 2.17 | 3.84 | 44.8% | 1 | $9,620 |
| Waycross Health and Rehabilitation Waycross | 34.3 | 92 | 2.43 | 3.49 | 47.8% | 5 | None |
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.