Nursing home
The Waters of Shelbyville
835 Union Street, Shelbyville, TN 37160 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Infinity Healthcare Consulting (70 facilities) · 96 certified beds
The Waters of Shelbyville is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Shelbyville, Tennessee. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.23 hours per resident per day, below the Tennessee average of 3.85. Its most recent inspection on Nov 6, 2019 cited 4 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How The Waters of Shelbyville 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) | 3.23 | 3.85 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.32 | 0.61 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.59 | 2.15 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 50.7% | 48.7% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the November 29, 2023 inspection was corrected by January 11, 2024
What inspectors found at The Waters of Shelbyville
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 safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 29, 2023 · 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 · Nov 29, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 6, 2019 - 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 6, 2019 - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 6, 2019
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 6, 2019 - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 5, 2018 - 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 · Dec 5, 2018 - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 5, 2018 - Actual 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 · Dec 6, 2017 - Potential for harm
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 6, 2017 - Potential for harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Dec 6, 2017
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
- 835 Union Street
Shelbyville, TN 37160 - CMS certification #
- 445171
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 96
- Avg residents/day
- 71.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1985-01-11
- Chain
- Infinity Healthcare Consulting (70 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Infinity Healthcare Consulting
Infinity Healthcare Consulting operates 70 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Infinity Healthcare Consulting facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around The Waters of Shelbyville using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, diabetes care
- Workplace safety 3 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016, 14 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What The Waters of Shelbyville says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24-hour skilled nursing care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers diabetes care.
Customized dietary programs including renal, cardiac, and diabetic support, along with tube feeding when needed.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Apr 4, 2018: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed May 22, 2018. 4 violations cited (1 serious, 3 other). Penalties: $400 proposed, $400 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as The Waters of Shelbyville, LLC.
Details
- Serious: Abrasive wheel machinery (1910.215(b)(9)). Penalty $400 proposed, $400 now. To be fixed by May 14, 2018.
- Other than serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(b)(7)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 14, 2018.
- Other than serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 14, 2018.
- Other than serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(g)(2)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 14, 2018.
- Jan 7, 2016: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Apr 1, 2016. 6 violations cited (4 serious, 2 other). Penalties: $1,600 proposed, $1,200 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Christian Care Center of Bedford County, LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Personal protective equipment (general) (1910.132(d)(1)). Penalty $1,400 proposed, $1,050 now. To be fixed by Mar 25, 2016.
- Serious: Eye and face protection (1910.133(a)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 25, 2016.
- Serious: Hand protection (1910.138(a)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 25, 2016.
- Serious: Hand protection (1910.138(b)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 25, 2016.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(2)(iv)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 25, 2016.
- Other than serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(h)(1)). Penalty $200 proposed, $150 now. To be fixed by Mar 25, 2016.
- Jan 7, 2016: complaint inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Mar 16, 2016. 4 violations cited (3 serious, 1 other). Penalties: $3,000 proposed, $2,000 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Christian Care Center of Bedford County LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(4)(i)). Penalty $1,400 proposed, $1,400 now. To be fixed by Feb 24, 2016.
- Serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 24, 2016.
- Serious: Electrical wiring and grounding (1910.304(g)(5)). Penalty $1,200 proposed, $600 now. To be fixed by Feb 24, 2016.
- Other than serious: Cited rule RULE. Penalty $400 proposed, $0 now.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital, Shelbyville. 4.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Lynchburg Nursing Center, Lynchburg. 14.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Suncrest Home Health, Manchester. 21.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 16.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 37160 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Dci Shelbyville, Shelbyville, 5.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 9 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 37160.
Hospice Compassus - The Highland Rim, office in Tullahoma, 15.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Faith Family Wellness Clinic PLLC, Shelbyville. 1.7 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 very low, tornado very high, heat wave relatively moderate, 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 | See above |
| 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 |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is The Waters of Shelbyville a good nursing home?
CMS gives The Waters of Shelbyville an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is The Waters of Shelbyville staffed?
The Waters of Shelbyville reports 3.23 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Tennessee average of 3.85.
Has The Waters of Shelbyville had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does The Waters of Shelbyville have?
The Waters of Shelbyville is certified for 96 beds.