Winder Center For Nursing And Healing is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1993-01-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (770) 867-2108 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Winder Center For Nursing And Healing holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 68.6/100, placing it #8931 of 14703 facilities nationally and #158 of 356 in Georgia. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Winder Center For Nursing And Healing receives a reported average of 3 hours 16 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 19 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 1 minute; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 56 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 51 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 54.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $17,074. 5 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $17,074, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 110.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Winder Center For Nursing And Healing ranks 8931st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 68.6/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within GA, it ranks 158th out of 356 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,427 nationally and RN hours rank #12,482 nationally (#255 in GA). Our composite quality score of 68.6/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Winder, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/georgia/winder/