Riverside Health Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Riverside Health Care Center is a 159-bed for-profit nursing home in Covington, Georgia, part of Wellington Health Care Services. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.55 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 19% above the Georgia average of 2.14, and 46.4% nursing staff turnover (Georgia average 46.0%).
Riverside Health Care Center
5100 West St NWCovington, GA 30014
Newton 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 Riverside Health Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.55 hours per resident per day, 19% above the Georgia average. With about 153 residents a day, that works out to roughly 389 aide hours a day, or about 49 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Georgia avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.55 | 2.14 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.69 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.49 | 3.56 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.19 | 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
46.4% of nursing staff at Riverside Health Care 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 50.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 14, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 7 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. Riverside Health Care Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Georgia average is 2.6.
About Riverside Health Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Wellington Health Care Services, 14 homes
- Legal name: Riverside Healthcare LP
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 1, 1989
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Riverside Health Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Pruitthealth - Covington Covington | 0.8 | 71 | 1.58 | 3.19 | 40.0% | 3 | None |
| Westbury Center of Conyers for Nursing and Healing Conyers | 9.1 | 173 | 2.01 | 3.31 | 44.6% | 3 | $10,527 |
| Social Circle Nsg & Rehab Ctr Social Circle | 9.7 | 65 | 2.03 | 3.44 | 51.9% | 2 | None |
| Rockdale Healthcare Center Conyers | 10.5 | 103 | 2.11 | 3.47 | 21.7% | 2 | None |
| PruittHealth - Lithonia, LLC Lithonia | 15.8 | 150 | 2.61 | 3.54 | 38.8% | 3 | None |
| Park Place Nursing Facility Monroe | 16.2 | 175 | 2.79 | 4.43 | 47.8% | 2 | None |
| Parkside Post Acute and Rehabilitation Snellville | 17.9 | 167 | 2.09 | 3.52 | 26.8% | 1 | $8,512 |
| Cambridge Post Acute Care Center Snellville | 20.0 | 144 | 2.23 | 3.52 | 31.1% | 2 | $24,162 |
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.