The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited August 2022 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
View the original federal record
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
Nursing home report
JEFFERSON COUNTY NURSING HOME
DANDRIDGE, TN · Medicare-certified · 160 beds
In good standing
Government-run
4 of 5 overall
Jefferson County Nursing Home in Dandridge, TN has an overall 4-star rating, with 4 stars for health inspections and staffing but 2 stars for quality measures. It reported 4.12 nurse hours per resident day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, with $0 in fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.1202 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: December 12, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.1202.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.36
- Licensed practical nurses
- 1.11
- Nurse aides
- 2.65
- Weekend nursing
- 3.40
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 30%
Registered nurse turnover: 9%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
15%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
5.1%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
2.9%Steady
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0.8%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
6%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
29.8%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
38.3%Improving
Show all measures
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
38%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
1.1%Improving
Residents with a long-term catheter
1.1%Worsening
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
22.9%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
0.2%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
91.7%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99.8%Improving
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
80.5%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
96.4%Improving
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to coordinate resident assessments with required screening and make needed service referrals. Cited December 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
View the original federal record
F-Tag 644 — 42 CFR §483.20 — S/S: D
The home failed to complete and keep the resident’s care plan properly prepared, reviewed, and updated by the right health professionals. Cited December 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
View the original federal record
F-Tag 657 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(2) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited December 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
View the original federal record
F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: D
The home failed to provide safe, appropriate dialysis care for a resident who needed it. Cited December 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
View the original federal record
F-Tag 698 — 42 CFR §483.25(l) — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
See what inspectors found
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
See what inspectors found
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
See what inspectors found
Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Government - County
- Occupancy
- 146.6 residents on an average day (92% of 160 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 22 years
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.