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Independent Living in Tennessee

We're still building out our independent living directory for Tennessee. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

Cost of independent living in Tennessee

We have not published independent living local medians. No free complete state source is available yet, so this stays empty rather than guessed.

Tennessee licensing & regulation

State-by-state licensing agency details and how to check a facility's complaint history for Tennessee are coming soon.

Medicaid & local resources in Tennessee

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Tennessee Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in Tennessee resolve concerns about care and rights.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

  • CHOICES. TennCare CHOICES provides nursing facility and HCBS LTSS for seniors 65+ and adults 21+ with physical disabilities. Prior elderly/disabled 1915(c) is terminated on Medicaid.gov; CHOICES operates under TennCare 1115 authorities.
Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.

Cities in Tennessee

Showing the 500 largest of 504 tracked cities.

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Independent Living providers in Tennessee

We don't have licensed independent living communities listed for Tennessee yet.

We're adding providers on a rolling basis from CMS and state licensing data. Check back soon, or browse nearby cities below.

How we rank these

Frequently asked questions

Which cities in Tennessee have independent living listings?

We track 504 Tennessee cities for independent living. See the city list on this page for options near you.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed independent living communities in Tennessee are listed with government-sourced data. State median cost not yet published.

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Independent Living in Tennessee. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/independent-living/tennessee/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Independent Living in Tennessee." ElderCareCosts. Accessed September 17, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/independent-living/tennessee/.

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