Tennessee Assisted Living and Senior Care Resource

Three nursing homes in Tennessee’s biggest city, Memphis, are rated five stars overall by Medicare, as of this writing. That’s the most of any city in the state … except Elizabethton. This small town of about 14,000 people also boasts three five-star-rated nursing homes. Overall, the state’s ratings are average for the Southeast: Fifteen percent of its nursing homes have five stars in the “overall” category.

 

Approximate number of facilities:

• Nursing homes: 319
• Assisted living residences: 328*

 

Types of care available:

• Adult day care
• Home care
• Home health-care
• Continuing-care retirement communities
• Assisted care living facilities
• Homes for the aged
• Residential care homes (adult care homes)
• Nursing homes

 

Estimated average prices:**

• Adult day care: $52 per day
• Home care: $18 per hour
• Home health- care: $19 per hour
• Assisted living: $ 3,287 per month
• Nursing home, semi-private room: $172 per day
• Nursing home, private room: $186 per day

 

State websites for seniors:

• Lawrenceburg “Support for Elderly and Disabled”
• Division of Health Care Facilities
• Rules of Tennessee Department of Health Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities(PDF download)

 

Where to report elder abuse:

• In domestic/community care: 1-888-APS-TENN or 1-888-277-8366
• In nursing homes: 1-888-APS-TENN or 1-888-277-8366

 

Financial assistance (partial list):

• TennCare (Medicaid)
• State Health Insurance Assistance Program

 

Top-10 largest cities:

• Memphis
• Nashville-Davidson
• Knoxville
• Chattanooga
• Clarksville
• Murfreesboro
• Jackson
• Johnson City
• Kingsport
• Franklin

 

Top nursing homes, based on Medicare ratings:***

 

Alamo
Alamo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

 

Bolivar
Pine Meadows Health Care

 

Byrdstown
Pickett Care and Rehabilitation Center

 

Chattanooga
Siskin Hospital Subacute Rehab

 

Chuckey
Durham-Hensley Health and Rehabilitation

 

Church Hill
Church Hill Care & Rehab Center

 

Columbia
NHC Healthcare, Hillview

 

Cordova
Applingwood Health Care Center
Memphis Jewish Home

 

Covington
Covington Care Center

 

Decaturville
Westwood Health Care

 

Elizabethton
Hermitage Health Center
Hillview Health Center
Ivy Hall Nursing Home

 

Fayetteville
Lincoln Donalson Care Centers

 

Franklin
NHC Healthcare, Franklin

 

Greeneville
Life Care Center of Greeneville

 

Harrogate
Tri State Health and Rehabilitation Center

 

Jackson
Mission Convalescent Home
West Tennessee Transitional Care

 

Jellico
Beech Tree Manor

 

Knoxville
Mercy Medical Center Transitional Care Unit
NHC Healthcare, Farragut

 

Lenoir City
Baptist Health Care Center

 

Lewisburg
NHC Healthcare, Lewisburg
NHC Healthcare, Oakwood

 

Manchester
Manchester Health Care Center

 

Maryville
Fairpark Healthcare Center

 

Memphis
Allen Morgan Health and Rehabilitation Center
Kirby Pines Manor
Quince Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

 

Mountain City
Mountain City Care & Rehabilitation Center

 

 

Mount Pleasant
Hidden Acres Health Care Center

 

Murfreesboro
Adamsplace
Tennessee Veterans Home

 

 

Nashville
Bethany Health Care Center
The Meadows

 

Oak Ridge
NHC Healthcare, Oak Ridge

 

Oneida
Oneida Nursing and Rehab Center

 

Savannah
Harbert Hills Academy Nursing Home
Savannah Health Care Center

 

Shelbyville
Glen Oaks Health and Rehabilitation

 

Sneedville
Hancock Manor Nursing Home

 

Springfield
Christian Care Center of Springfield

 

Union City
Golden LivingCenter – Union City

 

Waverly
Waverly Health Care & Rehabilitation Center

 

Waynesboro
Wayne Care Nursing Home

 

*Assisted-living residence numbers are from the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2007 Residential Care and Assisted Living Compendium. According to the National Center for Assisted Living, this is the industry’s only resource for such data. Depending on the state, the number may or may not include small residential-care homes, such as adult foster care.

**Senior-care price estimates are based on the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, which reports average rates,and the Genworth 2011 Cost of Care Survey, which reports median rates.

***Medicare rates nursing homes in four categories using a five-star system. These are the nursing homes with five stars in the “Overall” category. The ratings were accessed on Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare site in November or December 2011 and are subject to change. The Medicare ratings system isn’t perfect, so use additional criteria to evaluate nursing homes as well.