Washington Co Extended Care Facility is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2005-10-01. 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 (478) 240-2005 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Washington Co Extended Care Facility 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 (3★), 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 77.2/100, placing it #4951 of 14703 facilities nationally and #64 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 Washington Co Extended Care Facility receives a reported average of 4 hours 30 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 43 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 49 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 58 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 44 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 7 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $7,150. 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 13.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Washington Co Extended Care Facility ranks 4951st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 77.2/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within GA, it ranks 64th out of 356 nursing homes. In Sandersville, it ranks 2nd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,404 nationally and RN hours rank #4,691 nationally (#45 in GA). Our composite quality score of 77.2/100 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 Sandersville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/georgia/sandersville/