“I live at the community and have been very pleased with my experience. Management is responsive and respectful whenever I need something, and the staff overall is knowledgeable and kind. The menu has a good variety, and the dining service itself is excellent. Activities are fun, well-organized, and offered regularly. My home is kept clean, the building is well maintained, and I feel safe and comfortable living here.”
Independent Living and Assisted Living
Somerby of Franklin
870 Oak Meadow Drive, Franklin, TN 37064 · Map
Independent LivingAlso assisted living
96 residentsLicensed capacity
$4,000 to $5,050/moTypical assisted living start in Tennessee, from 102 communities that publish prices
20+ interviewsPhone-verified by Senior Living Alliance
What residents and families say
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19 more testimonials
“All around, it's a great place, and I really like the people, from the staff to my neighbors in the hallway. My needs are met, and everybody is very cheerful and attentive. If the food isn't to my liking, there are other options, and the staff is great. There's a theater with relatively new movies, music on Friday afternoons, and in-person classical music once a month. Housekeeping does the floors, bathrooms, vacuuming and blinds, and maintenance is timely. Transportation works out well, I feel safe, and I'd recommend it.”
“To me, this is one of the finest senior living communities I've visited, and I certainly wouldn't want to change now. Management is outstanding; they walk around the dining room, talk with us, and update us at monthly meetings. There are a lot of dining choices, and the activities meet everyone's needs, from cards to swimming. My housekeeper does little extras she knows I like, maintenance takes care of problems within 24 hours, and the transportation service is good, too.”
“The management is attentive and responsive, and the atmosphere is warm and welcoming. The food is delicious, with a variety of options available, and the staff is incredibly friendly and hardworking. I particularly enjoyed the activities, especially the trivia nights run by two lovely ladies. Overall, I highly recommend this place for anyone looking for a vibrant community.”
“The staff is incredibly friendly and attentive, making my wife and I feel right at home. The food is delicious and offers a great variety, which is a big plus. There are plenty of activities to keep us engaged, and I appreciate how well-maintained the community is. Overall, it feels safe and welcoming, and I would definitely recommend it to others looking for a great place to live.”
“The management team is incredibly responsive and always available to help with any needs. The activities offered are plentiful and engaging, making it easy to stay active and social. Housekeeping is top-notch, addressing any requests promptly. Overall, I feel safe and comfortable, and I would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a welcoming environment.”
“The management team is incredibly friendly and responsive, always making me feel welcome and the dining experience is top-notch, with delicious food and attentive staff. My apartment is also lovely and well-furnished, which made my transition so much easier and the maintenance team is quick to help and the overall atmosphere is warm and inviting. I highly recommend this place!”
“The management team is exceptional, always approachable and dedicated to making residents feel at home. There's a fantastic variety of activities, so you can be as involved as you want. The dining options are great, and the staff is always friendly. Overall, I feel safe and comfortable here, and I highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a welcoming community!”
“The management is incredibly attentive, always keeping us informed through monthly meetings. The activities here are fantastic; there's never a dull moment with options like exercise classes, movie screenings, and even outings to local restaurants. The staff is friendly, and everything is kept clean and tidy. I feel safe and comfortable, and I'm glad I made this choice. Highly recommend it!”
“I live at this community and everything is good. The food is very good and varied, I enjoy the activities, and everyone is very helpful and nice. Overall, I really like living here. I have lived here for 6 years and wouldn't have stayed that long if I didn't like it.”
“I live in this community and I think they are going out of their way to take care of their residents. I think each Director goes out of their way to make whatever it is we need available and that is what makes this a great place to me. I've been here since the day they opened and I think right now it's the best it's been!”
“My wife lives at the community, and it has been an amazing experience so far. The management listen. They are caring and they have the resident's best interest in mind. They are good at communicating, and they are just wonderful people. It shows in everything they do.We are super blessed by everyone there and I am very thankful for all they do!”
“Mom lives at the community. Management staff is respectful, knowledgeable, accessible and responsive. We eat with her frequently and the food is really good. She has enjoyed the activities she has done and they offer a variety. You can see that housekeeping is coming and her place looks clean. Maintenance staff come to do things right away and they've been by to change a lightbulb. She feels safe, comfortable, and things have been good so far.”
“The food has a large variety of things, if you can't find what you want they have a long list of things that are available all the time. Eating in the dining room is like a dream, it is like a fine dining restaurant and the food is great!”
“We picked this place for mom because it was beautiful, nice, and a nursing organization recommended it, and while it's still early on, things are going well. Management has been responsive and helpful in getting us into the right situation with her. The food is good and she is thrilled with the breakfasts. They offer activities such as water aerobics and yoga. Maintenance helped her with her television and hung it up. She feels safe and comfortable there.”
“The staff here do a good job, the food is very good and varied and there are a lot of activities so you can do as little or as much as you want. My housekeeper is good, maintenance keeps things up and the price is fair for what you get here.”
“The management staff all do a great job. In regards to the dining, we have the best chef that ever was and the food and service are good as well. The activities are one of the main reasons that I live here because of the entertainment and events that she schedules. They do a fabulous job of keeping us entertained. I am satisfied with the value of the services and I am completely happy living here. I would definitely recommend this community to others.”
“As far as I'm concerned, I have no problems. I am very satisfied living here. The housekeeping is good, the care staff do their jobs, and they are careful when they come. They leave things very nicely when they leave. I am very satisfied.”
“They are doing a great job of caring for our dad and the family appreciates the staff. They are very prompt with answering all my questions. They are efficient with all the paperwork and what I needed to bring to get dad signed up. I know my father looks forward to the meals. They look well prepared and nutritious and there is a variety of options. I'm pleased with the schedule of activities that keep him busy and out of his room. The staff have a caregiving attitude and appear to have the best interest of my dad with they are doing things or caring for him.”
“This place is fabulous and is a wonderful place to live. The staff does a wonderful job and are very responsive. When I need help with maintenance they are right here to help me and when I fell a couple of times the caregivers were right there to assist me as well. They also keep this place immaculate, they provide fabulous meals and plenty of activities to keep you busy. Overall for what you get the cost is appropriate. I am very happy here and wouldn't leave.”
About the community
Written by Somerby of Franklin
Thirty minutes from Nashville in historic Franklin, a town regularly ranked among America's best places to retire, Somerby Franklin earned U.S. News 2026 honors across all three lifestyles: Best Independent Living, Best Assisted Living, and Best Memory Care. The Chateau anchors four dining venues with country-club linen service, while two theaters, a heated indoor pool, and a health club fill the days.
- U.S. News 2026: Best IL, Best AL, and Best Memory Care
- The Chateau: country-club dining with linen service
- Heated indoor aerobics pool and health club
- Two theaters and a central courtyard with water feature
- Historic Franklin, 30 minutes from Nashville
Life at Somerby of Franklin
Dining
An executive chef leads scratch cooking that uses local vegetables, with a consistent menu of standing favorites. The Manor House offers country club-style dining with linen service, and a grab-and-go bistro serves quick meals. The site describes three on-site restaurants plus the bistro.
Activities
Independent living residents take part in Brilliance, an events program led by Independent Living Hospitality Directors who are certified life coaches. Regular events include group exercise, water aerobics, games and seminars, along with beer tastings from a resident brewing group and wine tastings with the Cork Dorks club. Group outings visit downtown Franklin and Nashville sites such as the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry.
Triple U.S. News WinnerBest Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care for 2026.
The ChateauFour venues led by an executive chef: scratch cooking with local home-grown vegetables.
Indoor PoolA heated aerobics pool, health club, and on-site PT, OT, and speech therapy.
Full ContinuumFrom spacious independent residences to Lilac Trace memory care, on one campus.
Amenities
- Multiple dining venues
- Bistro
- Coffee bar
- Two theaters
- Heated indoor aerobics pool
- Health club
- Physical therapy area
- On-site physician space
- Library and media center
- Craft rooms
- Courtyard with water feature
- Walking paths
Memory care program
Lilac Trace Memory Care follows the Meet Me Where I Am philosophy and Bridge Senior Living's R.E.A.C.H. for Life program of structured daily activities for residents living with dementia.
Floor plans
26 layouts from Somerby of Franklin’s website. Sizes and prices are as the community lists them; ask which are available now.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Independent Living | $5,795 /mo | Oct 11, 2026 |
Area costs
Assisted Living in Tennessee typically starts at $4,000 to $5,050 a month. Based on 102 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price.
Independent Living in Tennessee typically starts at $2,900 to $4,250 a month. Based on 21 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price.
How this page is paid for. Lilisity is operated by Senior Living Alliance. Somerby of Franklin is a member and pays SLA for its resident and family interview program. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating or the order of search results. The description, features and photos come from the community. Testimonials come from SLA phone interviews. Prices, license details and inspections come from the community’s published rates and public records. How we verify testimonials · How we are paid
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What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
License
Active, 96 residents
Assisted Care Living Facility 00000434, licensed since Aug 14, 2017. Licensee Meadow Senior Care, LLC.
Nearest emergency room
1.0 miles
Williamson Medical Center, rated 5 of 5 stars by CMS.
State inspection record2 disciplinary actions in 3 years
- Date of last survey
- July 21, 2026
- License status
- Licensed
- Disciplinary actions in three years
- 2
- Disciplinary actions listed (all years)
- 3
- License expires
- August 13, 2027
- License active since 2017
Disciplinary actions (newest first)
- September 25, 2024: Probation lifted per order of compliance Reason: Compliance with 6/6/2023 & 8/28/2024 Board Orders · order
- August 28, 2024: Consent Order placing license on probation for a period not to exceed six (6) months with Commission appearances with assessment one (1) CMP of $3,000, one (1) CMP of 1,000 and one (1) CMP of $500, for a total assessment of $4,500 Reason: Violations affecting the health, safety & welfare of residents · order
- June 6, 2023: Assessed two (2) Civil monetary penalties at one thousand dollars ($1,000) each, and three (3) civil monetary penalties at five hundred dollars ($500) each, for a total CMP assessment of three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) Reason: Violation affecting Health, safety, and welfare of residents · order
HFC disciplinary actions → (Somerby of Franklin, Assisted Care Living Facility)
What these terms mean
The Health Facilities Commission's facility search shows each licensed facility's status, the date of its last survey, and any disciplinary actions, with the order for each action. Tennessee does not post the survey findings themselves online.
Disciplinary actions are orders of the Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities or the Commission's executive director, such as civil monetary penalties (fines), probation, suspension of admissions, or license revocation. The Commission lists them in its monthly Facility Action and Abuse Report.
Survey findings are not posted online in Tennessee; you can ask the facility for its most recent survey report. This facility is licensed for 96 beds. Source: Tennessee Health Facilities Commission, Division of Licensure and Regulation, data as of October 16, 2026. Always visit in person and ask the facility about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license, licensee Meadow Senior Care, LLC
- License type
- Assisted Care Living Facility
- License number
- 00000434
- License status
- Active
- Licensed since
- 2017-08-14
- Licensed capacity
- 96
- Licensee
- Meadow Senior Care, LLC
- Operator
- Bridge Senior Living LLC
- County
- Williamson County
- Administrator
- Elizabeth Ecton
Source: Tennessee state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Administrator name from the Tennessee licensing record, as of Sep 9, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Tennessee, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Tennessee
- CHOICES (TennCare). Yes, for people who qualify. TennCare CHOICES can pay for care in an Assisted Care Living Facility for members in CHOICES Groups 2 and 3. The member still pays for room and board. Group 3 has an enrollment target of 1,750 people who do not get SSI. (state page)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 1.0 mi, nursing home 2.2 mi, pharmacy 0.4 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Williamson Medical Center, Franklin. 1.0 mile away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- NHC Place at Cool Springs, Franklin. 2.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Accentcare Home Health Of Nashville, Franklin. 0.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 37064 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Rcg Franklin, Franklin, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Usrc Cool Springs Dialysis, Brentwood, 4.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fkc Spring Hill Tn, Spring Hill, 12.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 13 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 37064.
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care Of Nashville., office in Franklin, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Aveanna Hospice, office in Franklin, 2.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Shalom Hospice, LLC, office in Brentwood, 8.9 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Practice, Brentwood. 8.9 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively moderate; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire very low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively moderate. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
- Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
What we checked11 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Health Facilities Commission, Division of Licensure and Regulation inspection records | Oct 16, 2026 | See above |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
Common questionsAnswers to 7 questions families ask
What levels of care does Somerby Franklin offer?
Somerby Franklin offers independent living, assisted living, and Lilac Trace Memory Care, so residents can stay in the community they love as their needs change.
What floor plans are available?
There are 12 independent living plans from 667 to 1,359 sq ft, 10 assisted living studios and one-bedrooms, and 4 memory care plans. Every apartment is pet-friendly.
What is dining like at Somerby Franklin?
An executive chef leads scratch cooking with local home-grown vegetables across four venues: including The Chateau, the country club-style restaurant with linen service, and a made-to-order grab-and-go bistro.
Who operates Somerby of Franklin?
Somerby of Franklin is operated by Bridge Senior Living LLC.
Does Somerby of Franklin have verified testimonials?
Yes. 20+ residents and family members have shared testimonials about Somerby of Franklin through phone interviews verified by Senior Living Alliance.
How much does Somerby of Franklin cost?
Assisted Living in Tennessee typically starts at $4,000 to $5,050 a month. Based on 102 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact Somerby of Franklin?
Visit Somerby of Franklin at 870 Oak Meadow Drive, Franklin, TN 37064.
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