Bledsoe County Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Bledsoe County Nursing Home is a 50-bed government-run nursing home in Pikeville, Tennessee. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.77 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 16% below the Tennessee average of 2.12, and 46.2% nursing staff turnover (Tennessee average 48.9%).
Bledsoe County Nursing Home
107 Wheelertown AvenuePikeville, TN 37367
Bledsoe County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Bledsoe County Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 1.77 hours per resident per day, 16% below the Tennessee average. With about 34 residents a day, that works out to roughly 60 aide hours a day, or about 8 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Tennessee avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.77 | 2.12 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.12 | 1.09 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.37 | 0.60 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.26 | 3.80 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.87 | 3.31 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
46.2% of nursing staff at Bledsoe County Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Tennessee average of 48.9% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 7, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 health deficiencies (Tennessee average 4.7). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Bledsoe County Nursing Home holds 4 of 5 overall; the Tennessee average is 3.0.
About Bledsoe County Nursing Home
- Ownership: Government - County
- Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 9, 2023
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Bledsoe County Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Laurelbrook Nursing Home Dayton | 9.9 | 50 | 2.87 | 4.12 | 21.7% | 2 | None |
| Life Care Center of Rhea County Dayton | 13.5 | 89 | 2.06 | 3.52 | 27.3% | 4 | None |
| Generations Center of Spencer Spencer | 17.8 | 70 | 2.36 | 3.67 | 38.9% | 3 | None |
| Spring City Care and Rehabilitation Center Spring City · abuse citation | 18.6 | 138 | 2.29 | 3.69 | 40.5% | 3 | $8,512 |
| NHC Healthcare, Sequatchie Dunlap | 20.7 | 110 | 2.61 | 4.14 | 46.6% | 5 | None |
| Decatur Wellness and Rehabilitation Center Decatur | 23.5 | 88 | 2.27 | 3.52 | 58.6% | 3 | None |
| Life Care Center of Crossville Crossville | 23.6 | 122 | 2.06 | 3.68 | 41.3% | 4 | $8,824 |
| Wharton Nursing Home Pleasant Hill | 24.6 | 62 | 1.79 | 4.20 | — | 1 | $69,885 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.