Camellia Gardens Of Life Care is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1994-05-12. 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 (229) 226-0076 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Camellia Gardens Of Life Care holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (4★), 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 74.3/100, placing it #6248 of 14703 facilities nationally and #87 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 Camellia Gardens Of Life Care receives a reported average of 3 hours 28 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 35 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 46 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 7 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 53 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 33.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $7,020. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $7,020, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 31.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Camellia Gardens Of Life Care ranks 6248th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 74.3/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within GA, it ranks 87th out of 356 nursing homes. In Thomasville, it ranks 1st out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,370 nationally and RN hours rank #6,846 nationally (#93 in GA). Our composite quality score of 74.3/100 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 Thomasville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/georgia/thomasville/