CCN 445300 · Grainger County, Tennessee
Ridgeview Terrace of Life Care
165 Coffey Lane Po Box 26, Rutledge, TN 37861
Ridgeview Terrace of Life Care is a 132-bed for-profit nursing home in Rutledge, Tennessee, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1992. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 77.4 residents a day, about 59% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $4.2 million originally, at 4.76%, with $2.4 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in June 2037.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 132
- Average residents per day
- 77.4 (58.6% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Life Care Centers of America, Inc.
- Certified since
- Oct 1, 1992
- Chain or affiliated group
- Life Care Centers of America (194 facilities, chain average 3.4 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Tennessee median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4 of 5 | State spread: 58 at 1, 53 at 2, 65 at 3, 68 at 4, 56 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 2 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.27 | 3.64 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.73 | 0.54 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.87 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 23.3% | 50.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 58.6% | 77.7% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 4 (May 29, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Ridgeview Terrace of Life Care meets that part today: 4 stars overall, 4 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/1994 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2021 |
| Henderson, Jennifer E.Individual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/21/2016 |
| Lay, LisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/24/2017 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/27/2024 |
| Preston, ForrestIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/1994 |
| Solomon, JenniferIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2019 |
| Swanker, RichardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2022 |
| Williams, ChristinaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/19/2023 |
| Witherspoon, NancyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/20/2022 |
| Ziegler, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/18/2001 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2011 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: LifeCare23-Ridgeview Terrace, 128 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $4,183,900 | Active: 4.76%, $2,358,624 balanceMatures Jun 1, 2037. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 08722017 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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