CMS Care Compare · 2026 3 nursing homes Tennessee

Rhea County, Tennessee

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County inventory for Rhea 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

CMS Home Health Compare maps no Medicare-certified home-health agencies into Rhea County (lower tercile) beside 3 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Tennessee medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet TN-RHEA-TENNESSEE · Rhea, TN

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

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-SMALL 277 beds
  • STAR-LOW 2.7★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-MID #1,287/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,845/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 0 HH

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

What a thin home-health map shows for Rhea County

Home-health coverage is thin in Rhea County: no Medicare-certified agencies map in on the current CMS join beside 3 nursing homes and 277 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 2.7/5 on rated homes.

CareScout 2025 Tennessee medians frame mid-pack counties like this: 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. Local Rhea County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts across Rhea County break as 1 at 1★, 1 at 3★, 1 at 4★. Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (67% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Life Care Center of Rhea County. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.

1★
1
2★
0
3★
1
4★
1
5★
0

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
2.7
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Rhea, TN

Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.

  1. 1
    Life Care Center of Rhea County
    4★
  2. 2
    Spring City Care and Rehabilitation Center
    3★
  3. 3
    Laurelbrook Nursing Home
    1★

Nursing Homes in Rhea County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Life Care Center of Rhea County Dayton 4/5 89 For profit - Limited Liability company
Spring City Care and Rehabilitation Center Spring City 3/5 138 For profit - Limited Liability company
Laurelbrook Nursing Home Dayton 1/5 50 Non profit - Church related

Read next when home-health coverage is thin

Read CMS stars with Rhea County's 2.7 average
Mid-pack context for Rhea: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 3 Rhea County homes
A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Rhea
Sparse home-health path: Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Rhea County planning
Sparse home-health 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 Rhea County.