Georgia

• Georgia scored a failing grade for the second straight report card as the state’s overall ranking sank to No. 48, down from No. 43.
• Georgia recorded below average grades in every staffing measure for the third consecutive report card.
• The percentage of Georgia nursing homes investigated for severe deficiencies have nearly doubled since the state’s initial report card.
• Georgia’s percentage of nursing homes with one or more deficiencies jumped by more than 25 percent over the last reporting cycle.
• Georgia’s chronically understaffed nursing homes eclipsed the state’s own paltry staffing standard, dropping averaged staffing hours to their lowest levels ever, residents now receive less than 2 hours and 10 minutes of direct care every day—that’s 23 minutes less care per day than the national average.
• Georgia’s verified ombudsman complaints swelled nearly five percent, evidence of growing concern from residents about their quality of care.
• Georgia’s nursing home care ranks as the second worst care in the Southeast Region.

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