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April 22, 2020

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Unified-Command Releases New Data, Special Report on Nursing

Homes

Nashville, Tenn. -- Today, Tennessee’s COVID-19 Unified-Command Group released

new data on COVID-19 in the state’s long-term care facilities and outlined its action plan
on how to prevent further cases and mitigate existing clusters within these facilities.
Starting today, the Tennessee Department of Health will report the number of confirmed
cases and COVID-19-related fatalities in all long-term care facilities across the state.
The Department’s website will be updated every Friday at 2 p.m. CDT to provide this
data.
“This data and report give a clear picture on the risks that the virus poses to long-term
care facilities and the aggressive actions the state and has taken and will continue to
take to protect residents and staff,” said Tennessee Department of Health
Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey. “We take our duties to protect both public health and
patient privacy very seriously. Based upon the current development of the COVID-19
situation in Tennessee, the Department has determined that releasing this data is in the
public health interest. Unified-Command stands at the ready to assist long-term care
facilities in mitigating outbreaks amongst residents and staff.”
Department of Health Action Plan for Long Term Care Facilities
The Department of Health provides detailed plans in the attached report on how they
work with long-term care facilities to protect residents and staff from COVID-19 and
mitigate outbreaks. The action plans include:
• Immediate notification of public health department of a suspected or confirmed
COVID-19 cases in residents or staff;
• Immediate facility notification of residents and their representatives of suspected
or confirmed COVID-19 cases inside the facility;
 • Robust and swift information gathering by Department staff in concert with the
facility to determine:
o Personal protective equipment and environmental cleaning needs;
o The need for targeted or widespread testing of residents and staff;
o Whether positive residents can cohort within the facility or must be
relocated to hospitals for greater medical care
• Ongoing investigation and contact tracing by Department staff, facility cleaning,
and daily situation updates with the facility to ensure the facility is safe for
residents and staff.
Full details on the action plan can be found in the attached pdf.
As of 2:00 p.m. CDT Wednesday April 22, there are 375 total confirmed cases and 37
confirmed fatalities among residents and staff across 22 long-term care facilities in
Tennessee. A breakdown of cases and fatalities per facility can be found below:
Number
of Number
Facility Name Facility City Facility County
Confirmed of Deaths
Cases
Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Bells Crockett 6 0
AHC Cumberland Nashville Davidson 4 0
Nashville Community Care & Rehabilitation at
Bordeaux Nashville Davidson 25 0
Trevecca Center for Rehabilitation and Healing LLC Nashville Davidson 6 0
Williamsburg Villas Knoxville Knox 4 1
The White House Assisted Living Lafayette Macon 5 2
AHC Forest Cove Jackson Madison 3 0
Signature HealthCARE of Putnam County Cookeville Putnam 51 3

Boulevard Terrace Health and Rehabilitation Murfreesboro Rutherford 4 0

Carriage Court of Memphis Memphis Shelby 8 4
Christian Care of Memphis Memphis Shelby 14 0
Grace Healthcare of Cordova Cordova Shelby 3 0
Heritage at Irene Woods Memphis Shelby 11 0
Parkway Health and Rehabilitation Center Memphis Shelby 32 0
The King's Daughters and Sons Home Bartlett Shelby 7 1
The Village at Germantown Memphis Shelby 7 4
Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation and Healing LLC Gallatin Sumner 161 19
NHC Place Sumner Gallatin Sumner 3 1
NHC HealthCare Franklin Franklin Williamson 14 2
Fountains of Franklin Franklin Williamson 2 0
NHC Place at Cool Springs Franklin Williamson 2 0
Elmcroft of Lebanon Lebanon Wilson 3 0
Total 375 37