CCN 115570 · Thomas County, Georgia
Camellia Gardens of Life Care
804 South Broad Street Box 1959, Thomasville, GA 31792
Camellia Gardens of Life Care is a 83-bed for-profit nursing home in Thomasville, Georgia, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1994. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 72.8 residents a day, about 88% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $4.7 million originally, at 3.92%, with $3 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in June 2041.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 83
- Average residents per day
- 72.8 (87.7% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Individual
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Life Care Centers of America, Inc.
- Certified since
- May 12, 1994
- Chain or affiliated group
- Life Care Centers of America (194 facilities, chain average 3.4 stars)
- Location
- Rural
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Georgia median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 | State spread: 102 at 1, 67 at 2, 81 at 3, 54 at 4, 50 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.60 | 3.43 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.59 | 0.45 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.01 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 37.9% | 45.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 87.7% | 86.1% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $7,020 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 5 (May 2, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Camellia Gardens of Life Care meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 3 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/1980 |
| Fenlon, PatrickIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/07/2017 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2021 |
| Jackson, JoniIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/19/2019 |
| Lay, LisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/24/2017 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/27/2024 |
| Preston, ForrestIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/1976 |
| Ricks, JeffryIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/24/2024 |
| Solomon, JenniferIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2019 |
| Swanker, RichardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2022 |
| Ziegler, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/18/2001 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2011 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: LifeCAre22-Camellia Gardens, 83 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $4,679,600 | Active: 3.92%, $3,007,298 balanceMatures Jun 1, 2041. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 06122081 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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