Fort Sanders Tcu: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Fort Sanders Tcu is a 24-bed nonprofit nursing home in Knoxville, Tennessee. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.63 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 23% below the Tennessee average of 2.12.
Fort Sanders Tcu
1901 Clinch AveKnoxville, TN 37916
Knox 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 Fort Sanders Tcu, nurse aides logged 1.63 hours per resident per day, 23% below the Tennessee average. With about 18 residents a day, that works out to roughly 29 aide hours a day, or about 4 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: The facility reported a high number of days without a registered nurse on site.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Tennessee avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.63 | 2.12 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.78 | 1.09 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 2.77 | 0.60 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.18 | 3.80 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.50 | 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 Fort Sanders Tcu in this release. No administrators left over the same period.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 17, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (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. Fort Sanders Tcu holds 4 of 5 overall; the Tennessee average is 3.0.
About Fort Sanders Tcu
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 31, 1994
- Located inside a hospital
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Fort Sanders Tcu
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| NHC Healthcare, Ft Sanders Knoxville | 0.2 | 160 | 2.28 | 3.98 | 50.4% | 3 | $9,770 |
| NHC Healthcare, Knoxville Knoxville | 2.4 | 127 | 1.90 | 3.84 | 57.7% | 3 | None |
| Island Home Park Health and Rehab Knoxville | 2.5 | 95 | 1.96 | 3.37 | 39.1% | 4 | $21,715 |
| Creekview Health and Rehabilitation Knoxville | 3.1 | 91 | 1.89 | 3.37 | 66.7% | 2 | None |
| Lyonsview Health and Rehabilitation Center Knoxville · SFF candidate | 3.8 | 222 | 2.01 | 3.55 | 59.4% | 1 | $12,038 |
| Holston Health & Rehabilitation Center Knoxville | 4.7 | 94 | 2.28 | 3.76 | 41.7% | 5 | None |
| West Hills Health and Rehab Knoxville | 5.2 | 194 | 2.11 | 3.41 | 77.0% | 3 | None |
| Legacy Park Health and Rehabilitation Knoxville | 6.0 | 176 | 1.95 | 3.33 | 63.6% | 1 | $74,633 |
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.