Perimeter Rehab Suites: 7 Care Deficiencies - GA
Federal inspectors cited the facility for immediate jeopardy, the most serious level of violation, after discovering the unsecured door during a December 2025 complaint inspection. Immediate jeopardy means inspectors determined the failure had placed residents in serious risk of harm or death.
The facility relies on a layered system to keep residents, including those prone to wandering, from leaving unsupervised. Most exit doors require special knowledge or a code to open. Elevator doors lock and sound an alarm when a wander guard sensor approaches. A code pad sits at each elevator. Exit signs hang above stairway doors that stay locked and alarmed.
The unlocked door bypassed all of it.
When inspectors pressed a facility representative about how the door came to be unsecured, the explanation was straightforward and difficult to dispute. A contractor had been brought in about two weeks earlier to work on a wooden fence along the building's exterior. When he finished, he left without relocking the door. The facility representative confirmed the contractor should not have had his own key. He would have needed to get the key from the facility, and the facility would have been responsible for making sure the door was locked again when the work was done.
That didn't happen.
Inspectors found that other exit doors near rooms 225 and 249 opened in 15 seconds with sustained pressure, as did cross-corridor access doors near room 205. Those doors had their locking arrangements intact. The door the contractor left open had none.
The facility's own protocols depended on staff controlling access to keys and verifying doors were secured after any outside work. For two weeks, a door that was supposed to be locked, alarmed, and inaccessible without facility-issued keys sat open to the exterior, in a building designed to prevent residents from walking out undetected.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Perimeter Rehabilitation Suites By Harborview from 2025-12-19 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Last verified: August 4, 2026 · Our methodology
PERIMETER REHABILITATION SUITES BY HARBORVIEW in ATLANTA, GA was cited for violations during a health inspection on December 19, 2025.
Immediate jeopardy means inspectors determined the failure had placed residents in serious risk of harm or death.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.