Nursing home
Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center
955 Germantown Pkwy, Cordova, TN 38018 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Ahava Healthcare (15 facilities) · 240 certified beds
Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Cordova, Tennessee. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.55 hours per resident per day, below the Tennessee average of 3.85. Its most recent inspection on Jun 23, 2022 cited 7 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center compares
This facility vs. the Tennessee and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Tennessee avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.55 | 3.85 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.32 | 0.61 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 54.6% | 48.7% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 7.0 | 5.9 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Administration Deficiencies · Mar 17, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jun 23, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 23, 2022 - Potential for harm
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 23, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 23, 2022
Show all 11 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 23, 2022 - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 23, 2022 - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jun 23, 2022 - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Nov 8, 2018 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Nov 8, 2018 - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 8, 2018
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 955 Germantown Pkwy
Cordova, TN 38018 - CMS certification #
- 445218
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 240
- Avg residents/day
- 163.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1989-03-01
- Chain
- Ahava Healthcare (15 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Ahava Healthcare
Ahava Healthcare operates 15 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Ahava Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says A memory care unit, respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice, diabetes care
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2023
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Has a separate memory care unit, wing or neighborhood.
Memory Care Unit with Specialized Dementia Activities
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite and Hospice Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24 hour RN Coverage
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Respite and Hospice Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers diabetes care.
Diabetes Management
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Semi-Private Rooms
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Apr 29, 2023 to Sep 6, 2023. Back wages: $160 owed to 1 employee. Employer as DOL recorded it: Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center (Cordova Operating Group). Case 1985798.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Saint Francis Bartlett Medical Center, Bartlett. 5.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Memphis Jewish Home, Cordova. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Baptist Trinity Homecare & Hospice, Cordova. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 38018 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Wolf River Dialysis, Cordova, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmc Bartlett Home, Cordova, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fkc Wolf River, Germantown, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 12 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 38018.
Baptist Trinity Home Care And Hospice, office in Cordova, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Hope Hospice & Palliative Care, office in Germantown, 5.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Caris Healthcare, office in Bartlett, 5.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Robert Burns, MD, Memphis. 5.1 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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 risk
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 low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively high, 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.
What we checked
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 |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 relatively 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 |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center staffed?
Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center reports 3.55 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Tennessee average of 3.85.
Has Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 7 deficiencies.
How many beds does Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center have?
Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center is certified for 240 beds.