Nursing homes in the Memphis area

What does a nursing home provide?

A nursing home provides 24-hour licensed nursing care, help with all daily activities, rehabilitation therapy and medical oversight for people who need more care than an ACLF can give, including short-term rehab after a hospital stay.

Tennessee licenses nursing homes under rule 0720-18; homes certified for Medicare or TennCare also follow federal requirements and appear on CMS Care Compare.

What does a nursing home cost in Tennessee?

CareScout's 2025 Tennessee medians are $113,150 a year for a semi-private room (about $310 a day) and $120,450 for a private room (about $330 a day).

Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled care after a qualifying hospital stay; long-term care is private pay or TennCare CHOICES Group 1, with residents keeping $50 a month.

How many nursing homes are in the Memphis area?

HFC's October 2026 report lists 29 licensed nursing homes in Shelby, Fayette and Tipton counties with 3,772 licensed beds; CMS rates 29 of them, 8 with four or five stars overall (Care Compare data as of October 1, 2026).

Compare them on the nursing home roster, sortable by CMS rating, beds and inspection date.

How do Tennessee and CMS oversee Memphis nursing homes?

The Tennessee Health Facilities Commission licenses nursing homes under rule chapter 0720-18 and, as CMS's State Survey Agency, conducts the federal inspections that feed CMS Care Compare; HFC also publishes its own disciplinary actions monthly.

That gives families three public records for every certified home: CMS ratings and inspection reports, HFC's license listing with its last survey date and disciplinary actions, and the Facility Action and Abuse Reports. Each nursing home page on this site pulls all three together.

What should we look for on a Memphis nursing home tour?

Look at whether call lights are answered quickly, how residents are dressed and engaged mid-morning, whether the building smells clean, how many aides are on the hall, and whether staff know residents by name.

Visit again at a different time, ideally an evening or weekend. Ask to see the latest inspection report, which certified homes must make available.

What should Memphis families ask a nursing home first?

Ask whether a long-term TennCare bed is available, how many nurse aides cover your parent's hall on nights and weekends, who the attending physician is, and what changed after the latest inspection's deficiencies.

Bring the CMS figures with you; our facility pages show each certified home's staffing hours, turnover, fines and the state's own disciplinary record.

Where is nursing homes licensed across the Memphis area?

Here is how the Health Facilities Commission's records distribute nursing homes across Shelby, Fayette and Tipton counties; agencies have no bed count.