Hardin Home
1620 Wayne Road, Savannah, TN 38372 · Hardin County · (731) 925-4004
39 certified beds, about 22 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicaid since 1980
CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 44E166 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes
The record in brief
At its most recent standard inspection, on June 10, 2025, inspectors cited 3 health deficiencies (the Tennessee average is 4.4, the national average 9.2).
None of its 8 health citations since November 2021 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.
Nurses and nurse aides worked 5.19 hours per resident per day, against 3.80 across Tennessee and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.37 of those hours.
Health inspections
Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.
Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.
Where its citations fall on CMS's grid
CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 8 health citations on file.
September 18, 2025Complaint inspection · 1 citation
- D Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft.
Inspectors wroteBased on the TN Department of Health Guidelines for Sex Offenders, Registered Sex Offender Registry review, policy review, personnel file review, and interview, the facility failed to protect 24 of 24 residents from 1 of 3 (Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) A), whose criminal background check revealed a criminal conviction and placement on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) Registered Sex Offender Registry.
June 10, 2025Standard inspection · 3 citations
- E Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Inspectors wroteBased on review of the facility ' s Licensure Staffing Requirements, daily staffing schedules, staff time punches, and interview, the facility failed to ensure a Registered Nurse (RN) was on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week, for 111 of 160 days reviewed.
- D Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Inspectors wroteBased on facility policy review, medical record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure residents were free from significant medication errors when 2 of 7 (Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) A and LPN B) nurses failed to follow physician orders for 1 of 5 (Resident #5) residents reviewed for unnecessary medications.
- D Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Inspectors wroteBased on facility policy and interview, the facility failed to follow its policy and provide education and vaccination for COVID-19 to 3 of 5 (Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) C, Laundry Supervisor, and Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) D staff members interviewed.
August 14, 2024Standard inspection · 1 citation
- D Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
Inspectors wroteBased on the Infection Control Policy and Procedure Manual, and interview the facility failed to provide a qualified Infection Control Preventionist who was responsible to monitor and maintain the facility ' s Infection Prevention and Control Program. This could have affected the 26 residents residing in the facility.
November 9, 2021Standard inspection · 3 citations
- E Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure 3 of 7 staff (Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) #1 and #2, and Registered Nurse (RN) #1) served food under sanitary conditions when staff touched food with their bare hands and failed to perform hand hygiene for 4 of 25 sampled residents (Resident #14, #18, #19, and #26) observed during dining.
- D Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Inspectors wroteBased on medical record review and interview, the facility failed to accurately assess residents for activities of daily living for 2 of 13 sampled residents (Resident #3 and #7) reviewed for Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments.
- D Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure medications were labeled and stored appropriately when undated, opened, unlabeled, and unsecured medications were observed in 2 of 23 resident bathrooms (Resident #24 and Resident #238's bathroom) which could have potentially affected 2 identified wanderers (Resident #14 and Resident #20) in the facility.
Fire safety inspections
6 fire safety citations on file: 3 on June 10, 2025, 3 on August 14, 2024.
Every fire safety citation6 citations
- D Conduct testing and exercise requirements.
- D Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
- D Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- D Include a process for Emergency Preparedness collaboration.
- D Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- D Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.
Staffing
Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.
| Measure | This home | Tennessee | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides) | 5.19 | 3.80 | 3.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.37 | 0.60 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff on weekends | 4.37 | 3.31 | 3.42 |
| Nurse aides | 3.29 | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.54 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year) | not reported | 48.9% | 45.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | not reported | 43.2% | 42.9% |
| Administrators who left | 1 |
CMS expects 3.56 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.
Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records
Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 5.52 on weekdays and 4.37 on weekends, 21% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.0% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 4.59 in April to June 2025 to 5.19 in January to March 2026.
| Quarter | All nursing staff | Registered nurses | Weekdays | Weekends | Contract staff share | Days with no RN hours | Residents a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan to Mar 2026 | 5.19 | 0.37 | 5.52 | 4.37 | 0.0% | 1 of 90 | 22 |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 5.02 | 0.33 | 5.29 | 4.34 | 0.0% | 0 of 92 | 24 |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 5.00 | 0.31 | 5.35 | 4.10 | 0.0% | 4 of 92 | 25 |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 4.59 | 0.25 | 4.96 | 3.67 | 0.0% | 4 of 91 | 25 |
| United States, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.75 | 0.62 | 3.92 | 3.33 | 5.3% | 0.5% of days | |
| Tennessee, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.75 | 0.56 | 3.95 | 3.27 | 4.0% | 0.7% of days |
Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.
Quality measures
The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.
| Measure | This home | Tennessee | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 13.9 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 19.4 | 17.2 | 14.1 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 29.2 | 16.9 | 15.4 |
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
Owners and operators
Legal business name: Legal Business Name Not Available.
| Name | Role | Type | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ownership data not available |
As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.
Questions to ask on a visit
Chosen from this home's own inspection record.
- How are medications reviewed, and how often are antipsychotic or sedating drugs used?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on June 10, 2025: "Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors."
- What changed in infection control since the last inspection, and who on staff is the infection preventionist?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on June 10, 2025: "Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status."
- How are allegations of abuse or neglect reported and investigated, and who tells the family?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on September 18, 2025: "Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft."
- How many nurses and aides work each shift, nights and weekends included?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on June 10, 2025: "Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis."
- How long has the current administrator been here?CMS counts 1 administrator who left in the period it measured.
Other nursing homes nearby
- Park Rest Hardin County Health Center Savannah, 0.1 mi · 4 of 5 stars · 10 citations
- Hardin County Nh Savannah, 0.6 mi · 2 of 5 stars · 11 citations
- Savannah Nursing and Rehabilitation Savannah, 2 mi · 4 of 5 stars · 10 citations
- Harbert Hills Academy N H Savannah, 8.9 mi · 5 of 5 stars · 13 citations
- Adamsville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Adamsville, 9.1 mi · 4 of 5 stars · 20 citations
- Selmer Post Acute Selmer, 20.1 mi · 4 of 5 stars · 11 citations
Tennessee contacts for a concern about a nursing home
These are the official offices in Tennessee. NursingHomeClear cannot take or act on complaints.
- Inspections and complaints: Tennessee Health Facilities Commission, Division of Licensure and Regulation, the state agency that inspects nursing homes for CMS and takes complaints about care.
- Resident advocate: Tennessee Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Department of Disability and Aging, 877-236-0013. The long-term care ombudsman is a free, confidential advocate for residents and families, set up under the federal Older Americans Act.
Common questions
- What is Hardin Home's Medicare star rating?
- CMS rates Hardin Home 4 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 3 for staffing and 4 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
- How many deficiencies did Hardin Home get at its last inspection?
- 3 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on June 10, 2025. The Tennessee average is 4.4.
- Has Hardin Home been fined?
- CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
- Does Hardin Home accept Medicaid?
- It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
- Who owns Hardin Home?
- CMS lists 1 owner or manager. Legal business name: Legal Business Name Not Available.
Sources
- Ratings, staffing and fines: CMS Provider Information, released September 30, 2026, data as of September 1, 2026.
- Citations: CMS Health Deficiencies and Fire Safety Deficiencies.
- Owners: CMS Ownership. Penalties: CMS Penalties.
- Staffing by quarter: CMS Payroll Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing, April 2025 to March 2026, summed by NursingHomeClear.
- Inspector summaries: CMS Full Statement of Deficiencies (CMS-2567 text), data as of September 1, 2026. Each quote is the part of the statement before the detailed findings.
- Inspection reports with the inspectors' full notes are on this home's Medicare.gov page.
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