Decatur County Healthcare: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Decatur County Healthcare is a 125-bed for-profit nursing home in Parsons, Tennessee, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.97 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 7% below the Tennessee average of 2.12, and 40.0% nursing staff turnover (Tennessee average 48.9%).
Decatur County Healthcare
726 Kentucky Avenue SParsons, TN 38363
Decatur 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 Decatur County Healthcare, nurse aides logged 1.97 hours per resident per day, 7% below the Tennessee average. With about 81 residents a day, that works out to roughly 160 aide hours a day, or about 20 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 17% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Tennessee avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.97 | 2.12 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.08 | 1.09 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.42 | 0.60 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.47 | 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
40.0% of nursing staff at Decatur County Healthcare left over the year CMS measured, against a Tennessee average of 48.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 33.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 10, 2025. 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. Decatur County Healthcare holds 5 of 5 overall; the Tennessee average is 3.0.
About Decatur County Healthcare
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Bear Creek Healthcare LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 2002
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Decatur County Healthcare
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Westwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Decaturville | 4.1 | 90 | 1.77 | 3.49 | 52.1% | 4 | $9,620 |
| Lexington Post Acute Lexington | 14.4 | 118 | 1.89 | 3.38 | 54.5% | 1 | $15,470 |
| Briarwood Community Living Center Lexington | 15.6 | 55 | 1.79 | 3.37 | 69.0% | 2 | None |
| Perry County Nursing Home Linden | 15.9 | 114 | 2.21 | 3.48 | 25.0% | 3 | None |
| Life Care Center of Bruceton-Hollow Rock Bruceton | 28.4 | 130 | 2.15 | 3.69 | 35.5% | 5 | None |
| Camden Healthcare & Rehab Center Camden | 28.7 | 120 | 2.26 | 3.91 | 44.8% | 1 | $105,447 |
| Hardin Home Savannah | 29.1 | 39 | 3.29 | 5.19 | — | 4 | None |
| Hardin County NH Savannah | 29.2 | 73 | 2.47 | 4.77 | 44.2% | 2 | $67,490 |
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.