Laurelbrook Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Laurelbrook Nursing Home is a 50-bed nonprofit nursing home in Dayton, Tennessee. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.87 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 35% above the Tennessee average of 2.12, and 21.7% nursing staff turnover (Tennessee average 48.9%).
Laurelbrook Nursing Home
200 Sanitarium CircleDayton, TN 37321
Rhea 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 Laurelbrook Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.87 hours per resident per day, 35% above the Tennessee average. With about 49 residents a day, that works out to roughly 139 aide hours a day, or about 17 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 22% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Tennessee avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.87 | 2.12 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.48 | 1.09 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.77 | 0.60 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.12 | 3.80 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.20 | 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
21.7% of nursing staff at Laurelbrook Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Tennessee average of 48.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 12.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Oct 23, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 7 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. Laurelbrook Nursing Home holds 2 of 5 overall; the Tennessee average is 3.0.
About Laurelbrook Nursing Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Church related
- Legal name: Laurelbrook Sanitarium and School
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 19, 2019
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Laurelbrook Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Life Care Center of Rhea County Dayton | 8.3 | 89 | 2.06 | 3.52 | 27.3% | 4 | None |
| Bledsoe County Nursing Home Pikeville | 9.9 | 50 | 1.77 | 3.26 | 46.2% | 4 | None |
| NHC Healthcare, Sequatchie Dunlap | 17.9 | 110 | 2.61 | 4.14 | 46.6% | 5 | None |
| Decatur Wellness and Rehabilitation Center Decatur | 18.1 | 88 | 2.27 | 3.52 | 58.6% | 3 | None |
| Soddy-Daisy Health Care Center Soddy-Daisy | 18.4 | 134 | 1.96 | 3.69 | 47.7% | 3 | None |
| Spring City Care and Rehabilitation Center Spring City · abuse citation | 18.7 | 138 | 2.29 | 3.69 | 40.5% | 3 | $8,512 |
| Signature Healthcare of Cleveland Cleveland | 24.0 | 100 | 2.06 | 3.55 | 47.2% | 3 | None |
| Life Care Center of Hixson Hixson | 24.5 | 108 | 2.50 | 4.17 | 44.0% | 1 | $22,205 |
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.