Overview
Nurse Care of Buckhead has a Medicare overall rating of 1 out of 5, below the Georgia average of 2.7. It ranks 18th of 19 nursing homes in Atlanta. Its strongest area is quality of care (2 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.7 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 67% of nursing homes in Georgia (the state average is 3.6 hours). Of that, 0.4 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on June 9, 2025, found 34 health deficiencies, more than the Georgia average of 4.8. All of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 5 fines totaling $282,268 in the past three years.
Nurse Care of Buckhead is a for-profit facility with 220 certified beds, caring for about 203 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1971.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- June 9, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 34
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 34
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 5 totaling $282,268
- Payment denials
- 1
- Total penalties
- 6
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.66 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.37 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)1.08 hrs
- Nurse aides2.21 hrs
- Physical therapists0.07 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 220
- Average residents per day
- 203
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- December 22, 1971
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes