Overview
Life Care Center of East Ridge has a Medicare overall rating of 4 out of 5, above the Tennessee average of 3.1. It ranks 2nd of 6 nursing homes in Chattanooga. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (3 of 5).
Residents receive about 4.2 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 80% of nursing homes in Tennessee (the state average is 3.8 hours). Of that, 0.7 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on August 21, 2025, found 5 health deficiencies, more than the Tennessee average of 4.3. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 33% of Tennessee nursing homes have been fined.
Life Care Center of East Ridge is a for-profit facility with 108 certified beds, caring for about 87 residents on an average day. It accepts Medicare and has participated since 2017.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 34%
Top 20%
Top 22%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- August 21, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 5
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 0
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff4.18 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.67 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)1.15 hrs
- Nurse aides2.36 hrs
- Physical therapists0.17 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 108
- Average residents per day
- 87
- Participates in
- Medicare
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- June 13, 2017
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes