Briarwood Community Living Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Briarwood Community Living Center is a 55-bed for-profit nursing home in Lexington, Tennessee, part of Community Eldercare Services. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.79 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 16% below the Tennessee average of 2.12, and 69.0% nursing staff turnover (Tennessee average 48.9%).
Briarwood Community Living Center
41 Hospital DriveLexington, TN 38351
Henderson 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 Briarwood Community Living Center, nurse aides logged 1.79 hours per resident per day, 16% below the Tennessee average. With about 36 residents a day, that works out to roughly 65 aide hours a day, or about 8 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 15% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Tennessee avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.79 | 2.12 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.95 | 1.09 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.63 | 0.60 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.37 | 3.80 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.85 | 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
69.0% of nursing staff at Briarwood Community Living Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Tennessee average of 48.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 100.0%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 28, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 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. Briarwood Community Living Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Tennessee average is 3.0.
About Briarwood Community Living Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Community Eldercare Services, 17 homes
- Legal name: CLC of Lexington, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 1, 1994
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Briarwood Community Living Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Lexington Post Acute Lexington | 1.6 | 118 | 1.89 | 3.38 | 54.5% | 1 | $15,470 |
| Decatur County Healthcare Parsons | 15.6 | 125 | 1.97 | 3.47 | 40.0% | 5 | None |
| Westwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Decaturville | 16.0 | 90 | 1.77 | 3.49 | 52.1% | 4 | $9,620 |
| Henderson Health And Rehabilitation Center Henderson | 21.5 | 132 | 2.30 | 3.73 | 54.8% | 1 | $81,328 |
| Laurelwood Health Care Center Jackson | 21.8 | 64 | 2.23 | 3.82 | 60.0% | 1 | $168,961 |
| Mission Convalescent Home Jackson | 22.6 | 57 | 1.29 | 2.46 | 62.5% | 3 | None |
| Christian Care Center of Medina Medina | 22.8 | 66 | 1.96 | 3.35 | 70.6% | 1 | $15,592 |
| West Tennessee Post Acute Jackson | 24.2 | 75 | 2.14 | 4.92 | 51.9% | 4 | None |
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.