The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited June 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
Nursing home report
NHC HEALTHCARE, SPARTA
SPARTA, TN · Medicare-certified · 96 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
3 of 5 overall
NHC Healthcare, Sparta has a 3-out-of-5 overall rating, with 3-star health inspections and stronger 4-star staffing and quality measures. It reported 3.73 nurse staffing hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, had no fines in the last 24 months, and recent inspection citations included food-handling standards, abuse/neglect protection, and resident rights.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.7279 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: June 11, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.7279.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.70
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.94
- Nurse aides
- 2.09
- Weekend nursing
- 3.22
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 39%
Registered nurse turnover: 21%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
18%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
8.6%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
3.6%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
1.5%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
2.7%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
13.7%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
15.3%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
34.7%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0.5%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
26.2%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
0.7%Worsening
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
91.7%Improving
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
94.5%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
95.2%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect by others. Cited June 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 600 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: D
The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited June 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited June 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to make sure it had a pest control program to prevent or deal with mice, insects, and other pests. Cited June 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 925 — 42 CFR §483.90 — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- Part of NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORPORATION · 68 homes · 4 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 93.5 residents on an average day (97% of 96 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 46 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.