Based on record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to maintain staffing requirements by receiving a one-star staffing rating and having excessively low weekend staffing. The deficient practice could result in a lack of needed care provided to the residents.Findings included:A record review of the Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) submitted to CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) revealed the facility had a one-star staffing rating and excessively low weekend staffing. …
F851 citations in Georgia
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Against expectation — 2025
Georgia cites F851 less often than its own record predicts
0.26 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Georgia in 2025, this is the portion that was F851.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Georgia surveyors wrote
F851 findings written in Georgia, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Georgia citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.54% | 1.84× |
| 2025 | 0.06% | 0.26× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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