The nursing home failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect by others. Cited July 2024 — isolated incident, actual harm.
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F-Tag 600 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: G
Nursing home report
WESTBURY CENTER OF JACKSON FOR NURSING AND HEALING
JACKSON, GA · Medicare-certified · 196 beds
Needs attention
For-profitChain member
3 of 5 overall
Overall, WESTBURY CENTER OF JACKSON FOR NURSING AND HEALING has a 3-star rating. Its staffing is very weak at 1 star, with reported nurse staffing below the federal benchmark (3.15 vs. 4.1 hours per resident per day), and it has had $8,512 in fines in the last 24 months plus a recent federal penalty.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.1468 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: March 12, 2026Penalties, last 24 months: $8,512recent federal penalty
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.1468.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.25
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.72
- Nurse aides
- 2.18
- Weekend nursing
- 2.77
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 50%
Registered nurse turnover: 62%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
15.5%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
4.6%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
4.9%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0.8%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
5.9%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
12.9%Steady
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
15.1%Worsening
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
25.2%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0.5%Improving
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
30.3%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
9%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
90.1%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
83.7%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
86.9%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited March 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: D
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited February 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: D
The home failed to ensure residents who could safely take their own medicines were allowed to self-administer them. Cited February 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 554 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
The home failed to ensure residents had a safe, clean, comfortable, homelike environment and daily care supports were provided safely. Cited February 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 584 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
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- PENALTY
A federal fine of $8,512 was recorded.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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Penalties & enforcement
On record with Medicare: 1 fine · $8,512 in total fines.
- $8,512
Federal fine
Jul 12, 2024
Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Part of EMPIRE CARE CENTERS · 19 homes · 1.8 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 185.4 residents on an average day (95% of 196 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 32 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.