Nursing Homes in Blountville, Tennessee

With a population of 14,251 people, Blountville, Tennessee is a small city. There are just 2 nursing homes there, which doesn't provide you with too many options to choose from. This relatively small group of facilities were awarded on average an overall grade of B-, which is a respectable score for the city. This is comparable with most of the places in the nation. In particular, we wanted to make you aware that there is one above average facility in the city. This is most likely where we'd begin our search in this city.

Despite receiving a fairly ordinary overall grade, this city performed spectacularly well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of its facilities received virtually perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, Blountville received one of our best scores in that area with an A+. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. The city earned a grade of B in the area of long-term care. In the last two categories, Blountville were awarded a grade of B- for its short-term care rating and a grade of D for nursing. Despite an otherwise decent profile, a nursing score of this caliber may be a bad sign for levels of nurse staffing.