Etowah Health and Rehabilitation: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Etowah Health and Rehabilitation is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Etowah, Tennessee. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.62 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 24% below the Tennessee average of 2.12.
Etowah Health and Rehabilitation
409 Grady Road PO Box 957Etowah, TN 37331
Mc Minn 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 Etowah Health and Rehabilitation, nurse aides logged 1.62 hours per resident per day, 24% below the Tennessee average. With about 46 residents a day, that works out to roughly 75 aide hours a day, or about 9 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Tennessee avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.62 | 2.12 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.03 | 1.09 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.22 | 3.80 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.96 | 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
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Etowah Health and Rehabilitation in this release.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 25, 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 3 fines totaling $21,692 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2023 | Fine | $4,934 |
| Oct 25, 2023 | Fine | $7,443 |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Fine | $9,315 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Etowah Health and Rehabilitation holds 1 of 5 overall; the Tennessee average is 3.0.
About Etowah Health and Rehabilitation
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 8, 2000
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Etowah Health and Rehabilitation
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Starr Regional Health & Rehabilitation Etowah | 2.6 | 88 | 1.97 | 3.98 | — | 5 | $8,697 |
| Life Care Center of Athens Athens · abuse citation | 8.8 | 128 | 2.03 | 3.54 | 29.4% | 2 | $19,145 |
| NHC Healthcare, Athens Athens | 9.1 | 86 | 2.23 | 4.07 | 50.8% | 5 | None |
| Monroe Health and Rehabilitation Center Madisonville | 15.0 | 85 | 1.82 | 3.07 | 43.5% | 3 | None |
| Waters of Sweetwater a Rehabilitation & Nursing Sweetwater | 17.6 | 90 | 1.90 | 3.33 | 53.1% | 2 | None |
| Wood Village Sweetwater | 19.3 | 89 | 2.01 | 3.48 | 27.9% | 5 | None |
| Decatur Wellness and Rehabilitation Center Decatur | 19.9 | 88 | 2.27 | 3.52 | 58.6% | 3 | None |
| Bradley Health Care & Rehab Cleveland | 21.6 | 213 | 1.89 | 3.42 | 51.0% | 1 | $8,999 |
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.