Sandy Springs Center for Nursing and Healing LLC: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sandy Springs Center for Nursing and Healing LLC is a 165-bed for-profit nursing home in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Empire Care Centers. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.74 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 19% below the Georgia average of 2.14, and 70.5% nursing staff turnover (Georgia average 46.0%).
Sandy Springs Center for Nursing and Healing LLC
1500 S Johnson Ferry RoadAtlanta, GA 30319
De Kalb 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 Sandy Springs Center for Nursing and Healing LLC, nurse aides logged 1.74 hours per resident per day, 19% below the Georgia average. With about 144 residents a day, that works out to roughly 250 aide hours a day, or about 31 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Georgia avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.74 | 2.14 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.08 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.37 | 0.50 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.19 | 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
70.5% of nursing staff at Sandy Springs Center for Nursing and Healing LLC left over the year CMS measured, against a Georgia average of 46.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 71.4%. 3 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 16, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 11 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. Sandy Springs Center for Nursing and Healing LLC holds 1 of 5 overall; the Georgia average is 2.6.
About Sandy Springs Center for Nursing and Healing LLC
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Empire Care Centers, 20 homes
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 22, 1990
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Sandy Springs Center for Nursing and Healing LLC
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Pruitthealth - Brookhaven Atlanta | 1.8 | 157 | 1.99 | 3.32 | 51.5% | 2 | None |
| Perimeter Rehabilitation Suites by Harborview Atlanta · Special Focus Facility | 2.1 | 240 | 2.19 | 3.75 | 55.4% | — | $201,403 |
| Lenbrook Atlanta | 3.1 | 60 | 3.52 | 6.01 | 41.6% | 5 | None |
| The William Breman Jewish Home Atlanta | 5.1 | 96 | 3.22 | 4.71 | 54.0% | 5 | None |
| Nurse Care of Buckhead Atlanta · SFF candidate | 5.1 | 220 | 2.60 | 3.57 | 67.8% | 1 | $282,268 |
| A.G. Rhodes Home Wesley Woods Atlanta | 5.5 | 150 | 2.90 | 4.73 | 36.1% | 4 | $8,018 |
| The Terraces at Peachtree Hills Place Atlanta | 6.1 | 25 | 4.61 | 7.90 | 24.3% | 5 | None |
| Briarwood Health Center by Harborview, LLC Tucker | 6.6 | 100 | 2.30 | 3.65 | 42.1% | 3 | 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.