Nursing home
Life Care Center of Sparta
508 Mose Drive, Sparta, TN 38583 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Life Care Centers Of America (194 facilities) · 100 certified beds
Life Care Center of Sparta is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Sparta, Tennessee. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 5/5 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 May 14, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Life Care Center of Sparta 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) | 0.37 | 0.61 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.07 | 2.15 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 34.2% | 48.7% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 5.9 | 9.5 | below 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 Life Care Center of Sparta
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
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 12, 2018 - Potential for harm
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 12, 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
- 508 Mose Drive
Sparta, TN 38583 - CMS certification #
- 445421
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 100
- Avg residents/day
- 75.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2000-10-18
- Chain
- Life Care Centers Of America (194 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Life Care Centers Of America
Life Care Centers Of America operates 194 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Life Care Centers Of America facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Life Care Center of Sparta using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, transportation
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Life Care Center of Sparta says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Focusing on inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation with 24-hour skilled nursing care, Life Care Center of Sparta features state-of-the-art equipment, such as the Biodex Balance System
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Transportation services
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Smoke-free.
Non-smoking facility
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital, Sparta. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- NHC Healthcare, Sparta, Sparta. 2.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Cookeville Regional Home Health, Cookeville. 13.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Pharmacy. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 38583 as micropolitan (micropolitan high commuting).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Sparta Dialysis, Sparta, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Foreman Drive Home Training, Cookeville, 13.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fkc Cookeville, Cookeville, 14.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 38583.
Kindred Hospice, office in Cookeville, 14.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Pardeep Sharma, MD, Cookeville. 14.9 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 high. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively low, tornado very 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.
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 | 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 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 Life Care Center of Sparta a good nursing home?
CMS gives Life Care Center of Sparta an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Life Care Center of Sparta staffed?
Life Care Center of Sparta reports 3.55 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Tennessee average of 3.85.
Has Life Care Center of Sparta had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Life Care Center of Sparta have?
Life Care Center of Sparta is certified for 100 beds.