Maryville and Blount County Assisted Living, Compared on the Record

The county at a glance

Blount County has about 143,820 residents, 32,517 of them 65 or older, by the Census Bureau's 2025 estimates. Maryville, Alcoa and Louisville hold most of the population, while Townsend and Walland stretch toward the national park.

Every licensed ACLF in the county is in Maryville. That simplifies the search for families in town, and means a longer drive for families near Townsend, Friendsville or the county's southern edge.

Assisted living

4 of the 6 report secured memory care beds. Brookdale Browns Creek also appears in a September 2026 Facility Action and Abuse Report with a $1,000 civil monetary penalty; its page has the detail.

Nursing homes

Several Blount homes are certified for Medicare only. They take short rehab stays after Blount Memorial or Knoxville hospital visits but cannot keep a long-term TennCare resident, so a family expecting to need Medicaid should note the certification column.

Hospitals and the airport

Blount Memorial Hospital, listed on the state's report as Prisma Health-Blount Memorial Hospital, is in Maryville. McGhee Tyson Airport in Alcoa is a practical advantage for families flying in from out of state; several Maryville communities are 15 minutes away.

Local help

ETHRA's AAAD (1-866-836-6678) serves Blount County for CHOICES screening, OPTIONS for Community Living, meals and SHIP Medicare counseling. The East Tennessee District Long-Term Care Ombudsman at ETHRA (865-691-2551 ext. 4223) covers Blount's nursing homes and assisted living.

Questions specific to Blount County

Ask Maryville communities about transportation to appointments in Knoxville, because many specialists practice near UT Medical Center, Fort Sanders and Parkwest. A community that schedules regular trips across Alcoa Highway saves families a great deal of driving.

Ask, too, how the community handles winter weather and power outages. Blount's rural edges see ice storms, and a building's generator plan and staffing plan for bad-weather days are fair questions on any tour.

Retirees and the out-of-town family

Blount County has drawn retirees for decades, and many have adult children elsewhere. If that describes your family, choose a community that communicates well by phone and email, ask how it reaches family after a fall or a change in condition, and agree on who the local emergency contact will be.

The airport helps. With McGhee Tyson in Alcoa, a child flying in from Chicago, Dallas or the Northeast can often be at a parent's bedside the same day, which is one reason some families choose Maryville over a closer-to-home option.

Paying for care in Blount County

Most families pay privately at first. Tennessee's 2025 assisted living median is about $5,595 a month, and memory care costs more. VA Aid and Attendance helps eligible veterans and surviving spouses, and TennCare CHOICES can pay the care portion at participating ACLFs, with room and board still the resident's responsibility. Ask each Maryville community whether it accepts CHOICES members.

Home health and hospice in Blount County

Licensed home health agencies and hospices with Blount County offices serve residents of Maryville's ACLFs as well as people living at home, and agencies based in Knoxville cover the county too. Ask any community which agencies visit most often, because familiarity between the building's staff and the agency's nurses makes a difference after a hospital stay.

A note on the Louisville nursing home

Life Care Center of Blount County sits in the small town of Louisville, west of Alcoa, and CMS lists it as Medicare-only. It is a common rehab stop after surgery at Blount Memorial or a West Knoxville hospital. Families who expect a long stay should plan the next step early, because a long-term TennCare resident would need a dually certified home.

How to shortlist

Decide first whether memory care may be needed in the next two years; if so, the 4 Maryville ACLFs with secured beds are the natural starting point. Then compare survey dates and enforcement, ask for the latest statement of deficiencies at each, and visit at dinner time.