Laurelbrook Nursing Home

    200 Sanitarium Cir, Dayton, TN 37321
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Caring staff and excellent nursing

    I'm very pleased with the genuinely caring, well-educated staff and excellent nursing care here. The large, clean facility in a beautiful mountain setting has plenty of activity rooms, a central dining area, attentive administration, and feels like a safe, supportive community worth considering (waitlist; government aid available).

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.82·(17)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.8
    • Staff

      4.1
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      2.3
    • Value

      3.8

    Pros

    • Compassionate and courteous staff
    • Friendly and accessible administration
    • Well-trained clinical staff
    • Large, spacious facility layout
    • Multiple activity, arts, and crafts rooms
    • Central dining area
    • Outdoor deck with wooded and mountain views
    • Rural, scenic location
    • Secure, controlled-access environment
    • Accepts government aid/Medicaid

    Cons

    • Aging infrastructure and deferred maintenance
    • Worn and dated furnishings
    • Sanitation and pest-control concerns in some areas
    • Inconsistent cleanliness and housekeeping
    • Poor family–facility communication
    • Inconsistent meal quality and limited menu variety
    • Delays and inconsistency in medication administration
    • Remote location leading to long visitor commute
    • Limited immediate admission availability due to high occupancy

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviewers present a mixed but instructive picture. Strengths center on the facility's caregiving staff and community aspects: multiple accounts emphasize kind, considerate, and clinically capable personnel, along with a friendly administrator. The facility's size and layout support a range of activities and shared spaces, including arts and crafts rooms, a central dining area, and an outdoor deck with wooded and mountain views. The setting is described as rural and scenic, and the facility accepts government aid/Medicaid; demand appears high, as indicated by a waiting list.

    Care and staff: The most consistent positive theme is staff behavior and clinical attentiveness. Many comments describe compassionate, courteous employees who engage with residents and families in a respectful manner. Several remarks also reference staff education or training, suggesting a baseline clinical competence. At the same time, there are operational concerns that could affect perceived quality of care—most notably communication with families and occasional delays in medication timing. Those issues point to process gaps rather than uniformly poor clinical practice.

    Dining and activities: Activity programming is a clear asset, with dedicated spaces for art and crafts and organized communal areas. Dining is functionally supported by a central eating area, but feedback on food quality and menu variety is inconsistent. Some reviewers characterize the food as unsatisfactory and limited in options, indicating a need to review menu planning and resident preferences to ensure nutritional and cultural needs are met consistently.

    Facilities and housekeeping: Physical-condition reports are mixed. Positive comments note a clean, quiet, and well-laid-out building in some parts, but other observations highlight aging infrastructure, deferred maintenance, and worn furnishings. There are also specific sanitation and pest-control concerns mentioned, which suggest unevenness in housekeeping and facility upkeep. Prospective families should verify recent maintenance actions and infection-prevention/sanitation protocols during a tour.

    Management and operational patterns: Administrative accessibility is identified as a strength, but communication gaps between the facility and families are a recurring operational weakness. High occupancy and a waiting list reflect community demand but also limit immediate admissions. The facility's rural location contributes to its scenic value but may pose a logistical challenge for frequent visitors. Taken together, the pattern in reviews suggests a competent, caring staff operating in a facility with notable physical and process-related shortcomings; careful on-site assessment focused on maintenance, housekeeping, medication administration protocols, menu options, and family communication practices is advised before placement.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Laurelbrook Nursing Home is located at 200 Sanitarium Cir, Dayton, TN, 37321.

    About Laurelbrook Nursing Home

    Laurelbrook Nursing Home sits in Graysville, Tennessee, surrounded by trees with a quiet campus that folks sometimes find peaceful, and since 1956, they've run as a non-profit that links with the Seventh-day Adventist church, calling themselves the Laurelbrook Sanitarium & School, where most of the care staff includes registered nurses, LPNs, certified nursing assistants, and a range of therapists, and students at the academy can even train as CNAs through a special voluntary program, so teenagers get to learn housekeeping, laundry, dietary, and basic nursing on-site. The home holds 200 hospital beds, but only 50 of those are Medicaid-certified, and most rooms are shared between two people, though a handful of private ones cost more if someone wants one, and the place operates as an Intermediate Care Facility, which means no Medicare A's taken as a pay source, but Medicaid's accepted, and they've got long-term care with a grade of B, and most historical ratings fall into the A or B marks for care. Their nurse quality rates a B, hospital visits happen less than once per thousand resident days for folks staying long term, and about 91% of residents have had pneumonia shots, which some families feel is comforting. There's a Family Council, but no formal Resident Council, so relatives tend to speak up when meetings come around.

    Staff focus most on traditional long-term care for elders, with services that include nursing care and rehab, as well as some respite care for short stays, and there are specialized wings built for those with Alzheimer's, memory problems, or physical disabilities, plus amenities like a 24-hour pharmacy, beauty salon, barbershop, an infrared therapy center, and a cafeteria. There's even a spot for nutritional counseling and home making, so people living here can get some help beyond pure medical needs. The facility's pretty full, with around 88% occupancy, and the overall review score floats at about 4.0 from a handful of folks online. For short-term rehab, grades run lower, rated D, which might make some families consider other options for quick recovery stints. Laurelbrook doesn't act as a Continuing Care Retirement Community, so it doesn't support the true step-up structure where someone could move between several levels, but staff give plenty of attention to long-term care, with a focus on good nursing support and professional development, including Gero Nurse Preparation and ongoing staff education. They canceled some in-person programs, but they offer virtual educational activities, and the whole site aims for what they call a holistic learning environment, mixing elderly care with vocational training for youth, so the sense is more like a working community than a purely clinical place, and it's clear faith, service, and practical skills all blend together. The campus sits at 200 Sanitarium Cir in Dayton, Tennessee, with more details on the website for families wanting extra guidance about long-term care, insurance, or daily life at this unique facility.

    People often ask...

    Laurelbrook Nursing Home offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 200 Sanitarium Cir, Dayton, TN 37321.

    No, Laurelbrook Nursing Home does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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