Candler Skilled Nursing Unit is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1996-08-06. 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 (912) 819-6262 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Candler Skilled Nursing Unit holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (5★), 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 93.0/100, placing it #291 of 14703 facilities nationally and #5 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 Candler Skilled Nursing Unit receives a reported average of 8 hours 8 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 31 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 3 hours 55 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 42 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 8 hours 10 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 28.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Candler Skilled Nursing Unit has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 19.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Candler Skilled Nursing Unit ranks 291st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 93.0/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within GA, it ranks 5th out of 356 nursing homes. In Savannah, it ranks 1st out of 8 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #86 nationally and RN hours rank #550 nationally (#5 in GA). Our composite quality score of 93.0/100 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 Savannah, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/georgia/savannah/