Nursing Homes
Nursing Home Assistance
The following agencies provide information, help in selection and application, and problem resolution.
For help in keeping a person at home who might otherwise have to enter a nursing home, see the introductions to "Family Caregiver Support" and "Homemakers, Sitters & In-Home Services."
Long Term Ombudsman Program
691-2551
East TN Human Resource Agency
9111 Cross Park Drive, Suite D-100, 37923
Assistance in resolving complaints between patient or family and nursing home, assisted living facility, or residential home for the aged. Also available: A Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home.
Minority Applicant Pool of East Tennessee (MAPS)
329-0097
Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service, Inc.
209 Bearden Place, 37917 (street)
P.O. Box 3025, 37927-3025 (mailing)
Information, assistance, referrals, and other services for all frail older persons seeking nursing home placement.
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Knox County Nursing Homes
For a list of the 23 nursing homes in the eight counties surrounding Knox County, call the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, listed above, or Senior Citizens Information & Referral Service, 546-6262. For information about nursing home admissions and financing see "Action Guide." Payment method varies; Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, long-term-care insurance, and private pay. Not all nursing homes accept patients on Medicaid. All Medicaid applications to nursing homes are screened by Medicaid/TennCare.
Many Knox County nursing homes provide both skilled and intermediate care (see page 36 for definitions of these terms), although some may provide only one or the other. Some hospitals also have transitional care units that provide services equivalent to those found in nursing homes (see page 152 for description). Skilled care, or transitional care, can include high-level wound care, respirators, tube feeding, intravenous therapy, and more.
Nursing homes must provide mental health counseling for residents who need it; most do so by contract with a mental health agency. Cost is paid by resident, although it is often covered by Medicare, TennCare, or private insurance. Nursing homes also must offer rehabilitation services (physical, speech, and occupational therapy) for residents who need it. Some offer rehabilitation services on an outpatient basis as well. A doctor must prescribe the therapy, but the patient can choose the provider.
Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home
862-8100
One Veterans Way, 37931
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Brakebill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
584-3902
5837 Lyons View Pike, 37919
Hillcrest Healthcare Communities
North 687-1321
5321 Beverly Park Circle, 37918
South 573-9621
1758 Hillwood Avenue, 37920
West 588-7661
6801 Middlebrook Pike, 37909
Little Creek Sanitarium
690-6727
1811 Little Creek Lane, 37922
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NHC Healthcare, Farragut
777-4000
120 Cavett Hill Lane, 37922
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NHC Healthcare, Fort Sanders
525-4131
2120 Highland Avenue, 37916
Dementia unit.
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NHC Healthcare, Knoxville
524-7366
809 Emerald Avenue, 37917
Northhaven Health Care Center
689-2052
3300 N. Broadway, 37917
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St. Mary's Holston Health and Rehabilitation Center
524-1500
3916 Boyd’s Bridge Pike, 37914
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Serene Manor Medical Center
523-9171
970 Wray Street, 37917
Shannondale Health Care Center
690-3411
7424 Middlebrook Pike, 37909 (street)
801 Vanosdale Road, 37909 (mailing)
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Summit View of Farragut
966-0600
12823 Kingston Pike, 37934
Dementia unit.
