Friendship Health And Rehab is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1993-11-01. 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 (706) 865-3131 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Friendship Health And Rehab holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 69.1/100, placing it #8702 of 14703 facilities nationally and #149 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 Friendship Health And Rehab receives a reported average of 3 hours of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 21 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 53 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 46 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 36 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 38.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Friendship Health And Rehab 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 10.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Friendship Health And Rehab ranks 8702nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.1/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within GA, it ranks 149th out of 356 nursing homes. In Cleveland, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,176 nationally and RN hours rank #11,976 nationally (#239 in GA). Our composite quality score of 69.1/100 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 Cleveland, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/georgia/cleveland/