Brigadier General Wendell H Gilbert Tn State Veter is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2016-05-10. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (931) 245-4700 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Brigadier General Wendell H Gilbert Tn State Veter holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 70.5/100, placing it #8055 of 14703 facilities nationally and #171 of 303 in Tennessee. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Brigadier General Wendell H Gilbert Tn State Veter receives a reported average of 5 hours 26 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 32 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 39 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 16 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 43 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 3 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $44,039. 4 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 33.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Brigadier General Wendell H Gilbert Tn State Veter ranks 8055th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 70.5/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within TN, it ranks 171st out of 303 nursing homes. In Clarksville, it ranks 2nd out of 5 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #667 nationally and RN hours rank #8,047 nationally (#156 in TN). Our composite quality score of 70.5/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Clarksville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/tennessee/clarksville/