Perry County Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Perry County Nursing Home is a 114-bed for-profit nursing home in Linden, Tennessee. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.21 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% above the Tennessee average of 2.12, and 25.0% nursing staff turnover (Tennessee average 48.9%).
Perry County Nursing Home
127 E Brooklyn AvenueLinden, TN 37096
Perry 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 Perry County Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.21 hours per resident per day, 4% above the Tennessee average. With about 86 residents a day, that works out to roughly 189 aide hours a day, or about 24 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Tennessee avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.21 | 2.12 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.12 | 1.09 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.15 | 0.60 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.48 | 3.80 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.00 | 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
25.0% of nursing staff at Perry County Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Tennessee average of 48.9% and a US average of 45.8%.
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 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. Perry County Nursing Home holds 3 of 5 overall; the Tennessee average is 3.0.
About Perry County Nursing Home
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Buffalo River Healthcare LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 1, 2011
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Perry County Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Decatur County Healthcare Parsons | 15.9 | 125 | 1.97 | 3.47 | 40.0% | 5 | None |
| Westwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Decaturville | 16.2 | 90 | 1.77 | 3.49 | 52.1% | 4 | $9,620 |
| Waynesboro Post Acute & Rehabilitation Waynesboro · abuse citation | 20.8 | 109 | 1.76 | 3.53 | 26.1% | 2 | $8,788 |
| Life Care Center of Centerville Centerville | 24.1 | 132 | 2.03 | 3.52 | 29.2% | 4 | None |
| Lewis Park Post Acute Hohenwald | 27.7 | 131 | 1.96 | 3.57 | 34.6% | 1 | None |
| Lexington Post Acute Lexington | 30.2 | 118 | 1.89 | 3.38 | 54.5% | 1 | $15,470 |
| Harbert Hills Academy N H Savannah | 30.3 | 49 | 3.41 | 4.88 | 50.8% | 5 | None |
| Briarwood Community Living Center Lexington | 31.4 | 55 | 1.79 | 3.37 | 69.0% | 2 | 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.