Life Care Center of Rhea County: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Life Care Center of Rhea County is a 89-bed for-profit nursing home in Dayton, Tennessee, part of Life Care Centers of America. 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 27.3% nursing staff turnover (Tennessee average 48.9%).
Life Care Center of Rhea County
10055 Rhea County HighwayDayton, 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 Life Care Center of Rhea County, nurse aides logged 2.06 hours per resident per day, 3% below the Tennessee average. With about 74 residents a day, that works out to roughly 152 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% 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 | 1.03 | 1.09 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.42 | 0.60 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.52 | 3.80 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.17 | 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
27.3% of nursing staff at Life Care Center of Rhea County left over the year CMS measured, against a Tennessee average of 48.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 37.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 8, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 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. Life Care Center of Rhea County holds 4 of 5 overall; the Tennessee average is 3.0.
About Life Care Center of Rhea County
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Life Care Centers of America, 194 homes
- Legal name: Dayton Medical Investors, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 29, 2009
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Life Care Center of Rhea County
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Laurelbrook Nursing Home Dayton | 8.3 | 50 | 2.87 | 4.12 | 21.7% | 2 | None |
| Decatur Wellness and Rehabilitation Center Decatur | 10.4 | 88 | 2.27 | 3.52 | 58.6% | 3 | None |
| Spring City Care and Rehabilitation Center Spring City · abuse citation | 11.5 | 138 | 2.29 | 3.69 | 40.5% | 3 | $8,512 |
| Bledsoe County Nursing Home Pikeville | 13.5 | 50 | 1.77 | 3.26 | 46.2% | 4 | None |
| NHC Healthcare, Athens Athens | 21.7 | 86 | 2.23 | 4.07 | 50.8% | 5 | None |
| Life Care Center of Athens Athens · abuse citation | 22.3 | 128 | 2.03 | 3.54 | 29.4% | 2 | $19,145 |
| Soddy-Daisy Health Care Center Soddy-Daisy | 23.9 | 134 | 1.96 | 3.69 | 47.7% | 3 | None |
| Signature Healthcare of Cleveland Cleveland | 23.9 | 100 | 2.06 | 3.55 | 47.2% | 3 | 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.