CMS Care Compare · 2026 2 nursing homes Tennessee

Lincoln County, Tennessee

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County inventory for Lincoln County, Tennessee is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Home-health agency signature

2 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Lincoln County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 2 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Tennessee medians + CMS Five-Star.

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County care plate

Sheet TN-LINCOLN-TENNESSEE · Lincoln, TN

NH-ONE · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-SMALL 247 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.5★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 2 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,694/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,845/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 2/2 HH

Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What a dense home-health map shows for Lincoln County

Home-health coverage is the standout for Lincoln County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 2 nursing homes and 247 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.5/5 on rated homes.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Tennessee medians run assisted living $5,845/mo, semi-private nursing $9,429/mo, private nursing $10,038/mo, home health aide $5,911/mo, adult day $1,733/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts skew stronger here (1 at 3★, 1 at 4★). Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (100% of 2 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Elk River Health & Rehabilitation of Fayetteville. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$5,845
Assisted Living / mo
$9,429
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$5,911
Home Care / mo
3.5
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Lincoln County

2 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Elk River Health & Rehabilitation of Fayetteville Fayetteville 4/5 79 Non profit - Corporation
Donalson Care Center Fayetteville 3/5 168 Non profit - Corporation

Home Health Agencies in Lincoln County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Deaconess Homecare Fayetteville 4.5
Lincoln Medical Home Health and Hospice Fayetteville 4.0

Read next for home-health-dense Lincoln

Decode Five-Star for Lincoln County homes
Thin-book context for Lincoln: What a county-average CMS overall rating does — and does not — tell a family.
Choosing among 2 Lincoln County homes
Higher-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Lincoln
Home-health-dense path: Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Lincoln County planning
Home-health-dense path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Tennessee elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Tennessee state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Lincoln County.