Life Care Center of Elizabethton
Nursing home in Elizabethton, TN
Medicare & Medicaid certified1★ overall (CMS)
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Public-record details
- Address
- 1641 Highway 19e, Elizabethton, TN 37643
- Phone
- (423) 542-4133
- Listed under
- For-profit
- Medicare CCN
- 445302
- Overall star rating
- 1 of 5 ★☆☆☆☆
- Health inspection rating
- 1 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 2 of 5
- Quality measures rating
- 3 of 5
- Certified beds
- 158
- Average residents per day
- 121
- Ownership
- For-profit, corporation
- Legal business name
- Elizabethton Medical Investors LP
- Chain
- Life Care Centers of America (194 facilities)
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
- Jan 15, 1993
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Located inside a hospital
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident and family councils
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
Inspection record
Most recent standard health inspection: Jul 29, 2026. CMS lists 19 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Nov 14, 2023 to Jul 29, 2026): 3 from complaint inspections, 3 at the “actual harm” level or higher, including 3 at “immediate jeopardy”.
| Inspection | Citation | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. | D |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | D |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | D |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | D |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | D |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. | F |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | J |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit. | J |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. | J |
Fines and payment denials
CMS records 1 fine totalling $10,036 in the last three years.
| Feb 29, 2024 | Fine: $10,036 |
Staffing
- Total nurse staffing per resident per day
- 3.13 hours
- Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
- 0.43 hours
- Nurse aide time per resident per day
- 1.75 hours
- Total nurse staffing on weekends
- 2.55 hours
- Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
- 55%
- RN turnover (yearly)
- 36%
- Administrators who left in the past year
- 0
A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.
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