Smith Medical Nursing Care Ctr: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Smith Medical Nursing Care Ctr is a 56-bed for-profit nursing home in Sandersville, Georgia. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.57 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 27% below the Georgia average of 2.14, and 45.9% nursing staff turnover (Georgia average 46.0%).
Smith Medical Nursing Care Ctr
501 East McCarty StSandersville, GA 31082
Washington 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 Smith Medical Nursing Care Ctr, nurse aides logged 1.57 hours per resident per day, 27% below the Georgia average. With about 48 residents a day, that works out to roughly 76 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) | 1.57 | 2.14 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.78 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.23 | 0.50 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.58 | 3.56 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.59 | 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
45.9% of nursing staff at Smith Medical Nursing Care Ctr 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 Aug 7, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 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. Smith Medical Nursing Care Ctr holds 1 of 5 overall; the Georgia average is 2.6.
About Smith Medical Nursing Care Ctr
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Smith Medical Nursing Care Center, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 13, 2004
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Smith Medical Nursing Care Ctr
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Washington Co Extended Care Facility Sandersville | 0.6 | 60 | 2.91 | 4.15 | 35.6% | 3 | None |
| Heritage Inn of Sandersville Health and Rehab Sandersville | 0.9 | 60 | 2.36 | 3.71 | 22.2% | 5 | None |
| Wrightsville Manor Health and Rehab Wrightsville | 18.4 | 94 | 2.18 | 3.31 | 40.9% | 1 | $74,208 |
| Pruitthealth - Toomsboro Toomsboro | 19.8 | 62 | 1.70 | 3.01 | 35.0% | 5 | None |
| Gibson Health Opco LLC Gibson | 20.8 | 104 | 1.91 | 3.26 | 56.5% | 5 | $7,151 |
| The Woods at Sparta of Journey LLC Sparta · many days without an RN | 22.6 | 71 | 1.79 | 3.00 | 51.5% | 1 | $13,325 |
| Pruitthealth - Old Capitol Louisville | 22.8 | 143 | 2.04 | 3.12 | 32.4% | 1 | $28,179 |
| Bostick Nursing Center Milledgeville | 24.4 | 280 | 0.00 | 0.46 | — | 1 | 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.