How many licensed senior care facilities are in the Nashville metro?
The Nashville metro has 98 state-licensed assisted living facilities (ACLFs), 73 of which offer memory care, 10 Residential Homes for the Aged and 56 CMS-certified nursing homes — 164 facilities in all, every one listed in this directory.
98 facilitiesMemory Care
73 facilitiesHomes for the Aged
10 facilitiesNursing Homes
56 facilities
Is assisted living the same as memory care in Tennessee?
No. In Tennessee both are delivered inside a licensed Assisted Care Living Facility (ACLF), but memory care means a secured unit with dementia-trained staff, which the state reports as “secured beds” within the ACLF license.
| Assisted living (ACLF) | Memory care (secured ACLF beds) | |
|---|---|---|
| Is | Help with bathing, dressing, medications and meals in a residential setting | A secured unit for residents with Alzheimer's or another dementia who may wander |
| Isn't | 24-hour skilled nursing — that is a nursing home | A separate license type — it is part of the ACLF license |
| Licensed by | Tennessee Health Facilities Commission, Rule 1200-08-25 | |
| State record shows | Total licensed beds | Number of secured beds |
| Typical Nashville-metro cost | About $4,300–$5,200/month | About $5,000–$6,200/month |
Cost figures are this site's Nashville-metro estimates, not any facility's price.
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How many facilities are in each Nashville-area city?
Counts by city hub; click a city for its full list across all four care types.
| City | County | Assisted living | Memory care | Homes for the Aged | Nursing homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville | Davidson | 26 | 21 | 4 | 20 |
| Franklin | Williamson | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Brentwood | Williamson | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Spring Hill | Williamson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Murfreesboro | Rutherford | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| Smyrna | Rutherford | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| La Vergne | Rutherford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mt. Juliet | Wilson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Lebanon | Wilson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Hendersonville | Sumner | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Gallatin | Sumner | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Columbia | Maury | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Springfield | Robertson | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Dickson | Dickson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Goodlettsville | Davidson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Where does this directory's facility data come from?
Assisted living and Homes for the Aged come from the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission's October 2026 quarterly licensure reports, enforcement actions from its monthly Facility Action and Abuse Reports, and nursing homes from the CMS Provider Data Catalog. Nothing is self-reported by facilities or paid placement.
Data source + refresh cadence
Assisted Care Living Facilities and Homes for the Aged come from the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission (Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities) ACLF and Home for the Aged quarterly licensure reports (October 2026 quarterly bed reports, retrieved 2026-10-23), filtered to active licenses in Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson, Maury, Robertson, Cheatham and Dickson counties. Enforcement history comes from the Commission's monthly Facility Action and Abuse Reports, January 2025 through September 2026 (no January 2026 report was posted). Nursing homes come from the CMS Provider Data Catalog. Phone numbers are not in the state reports; where shown they were checked on the operator's own website. We refresh when the Commission posts each quarterly report. Last verified: October 2026. Last updated: 2026-10-23.
