Hermitage Health Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Hermitage Health Center is a 70-bed nonprofit nursing home in Elizabethton, Tennessee, part of Twin Rivers Health & Rehabilitation. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.06 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% below the Tennessee average of 2.12, and 53.4% nursing staff turnover (Tennessee average 48.9%).
Hermitage Health Center
1633 Hillview DriveElizabethton, TN 37643
Carter 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 Hermitage Health Center, nurse aides logged 2.06 hours per resident per day, 3% below the Tennessee average. With about 54 residents a day, that works out to roughly 111 aide hours a day, or about 14 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Tennessee avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.06 | 2.12 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.96 | 1.09 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.61 | 0.60 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.63 | 3.80 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.31 | 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
53.4% of nursing staff at Hermitage Health 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 22.2%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 20, 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. Hermitage Health Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Tennessee average is 3.0.
About Hermitage Health Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Chain: Twin Rivers Health & Rehabilitation, 11 homes
- Legal name: Ocoee Hermitage Health Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 23, 2004
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Hermitage Health Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Hillview Health Center Elizabethton | 0.1 | 76 | 1.99 | 3.65 | 41.2% | 4 | None |
| Life Care Center of Elizabethton Elizabethton | 1.0 | 158 | 2.18 | 3.44 | 53.3% | 3 | $10,036 |
| Ivy Hall Nursing Home Elizabethton | 1.3 | 101 | 2.78 | 4.37 | 43.4% | 5 | None |
| Signature Healthcare of Elizabethton Rehab & Welln Elizabethton | 1.7 | 94 | 2.17 | 3.89 | 36.8% | 5 | None |
| Abundant Christian Living Community Rehabilitation Johnson City | 7.3 | 103 | 1.77 | 3.16 | 42.4% | 5 | None |
| Princeton Transitional Care & Assisted Living Johnson City | 7.3 | 47 | 2.04 | 4.79 | 52.2% | 5 | None |
| Agape Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, a Waters CM Johnson City | 7.5 | 84 | 1.78 | 3.18 | 54.4% | 4 | None |
| NHC Healthcare, Johnson City Johnson City | 8.1 | 167 | 2.47 | 3.89 | 28.9% | 5 | 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.