The Bridge at Hickory Woods

What is The Bridge at Hickory Woods licensed for in Antioch, TN?

The Bridge at Hickory Woods at 4220 Murfreesboro Pike, Antioch, TN 37013 is an Assisted Care Living Facility licensed by the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission as ACLF #360, with 143 licensed beds. Its status in the Commission's October 2026 report is “Licensed”.

Does The Bridge at Hickory Woods have any state enforcement actions on record?

None reported. The Bridge at Hickory Woods (ACLF #360) does not appear in any of the 20 monthly Facility Action and Abuse Reports the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission posted for January 2025 through September 2026.

These reports list formal board and executive-director orders such as fines, probation and admission suspensions. They do not list survey deficiencies that were corrected without a penalty, so a clean record here is a good sign but not the whole picture. Request the most recent survey through the Commission's public records portal or ask the community for it.

Does The Bridge at Hickory Woods offer memory care?

The state report lists no secured (dementia) beds for The Bridge at Hickory Woods, so it does not report a secured memory care unit. Residents with mild memory loss may still be accepted in assisted living; ask directly.

Licensed memory care nearby: Brookdale Belle Meade (57 secured beds), Belmont Village (24 secured beds), Brookdale Green Hills Cumberland (17 secured beds).

How does The Bridge at Hickory Woods compare with other assisted living in Nashville?

By licensed beds, The Bridge at Hickory Woods is the 4th-largest of 26 licensed ACLFs in the Nashville area and 7th of 98 across the Nashville metro.

Sizes are licensed capacity from the October 2026 HFC report, not current occupancy. A larger community usually means more on-site services; a smaller one often means more consistent caregivers. See every metro ACLF.

How much licensed assisted living does Davidson County have?

Davidson County has 26 licensed ACLFs with 2,633 beds and 776 secured memory-care beds in the October 2026 HFC report, and The Bridge at Hickory Woods holds 5% of those beds.

5 of the county's 26 ACLFs appear in a Commission enforcement report between January 2025 and September 2026, and 4 Residential Homes for the Aged add 58 small-home beds. Secured beds make up a sizable share of supply here, which gives families more than one memory care option to compare. See every licensed facility in the Nashville area.

Where do The Bridge at Hickory Woods residents go if they need nursing home care?

An ACLF cannot provide 24-hour skilled nursing, so a resident who needs it moves to a nursing home. 20 CMS-certified nursing homes serve the Nashville area, the largest being Trevecca Center For Rehabilitation And Healing Llc with 240 certified beds.

• Trevecca Center For Rehabilitation And Healing Llc — Nashville, 240 beds, CCN 445112
• Bethany Center For Rehabilitation And Healing Llc — Nashville, 180 beds, CCN 445159
• The Mckendree Post Acute & Rehabilitation — Hermitage, 180 beds, CCN 445491
• Green Hills Center For Rehabilitation And Healing — Nashville, 150 beds, CCN 445267
• Nashville Center For Rehabilitation And Healing Ll — Nashville, 142 beds, CCN 445512

Ask The Bridge at Hickory Woods which of these it most often transfers residents to, whether it holds a resident's apartment during a short rehab stay, and how much notice it gives before a permanent move.

What level of care can The Bridge at Hickory Woods provide under its license?

As an ACLF, The Bridge at Hickory Woods may provide room, board, personal care, medication administration and limited intermittent nursing; its licensed mix is 143 general assisted living beds.

Tennessee's ACLF rule allows outside home health or hospice to serve residents, but a resident who needs continuous skilled nursing generally has to move to a nursing home. Because this community has no secured unit, a resident who begins to wander would usually need to move. Ask for the community's written admission and discharge criteria before signing.

What is the area around The Bridge at Hickory Woods like for seniors?

The Bridge at Hickory Woods sits in ZIP 37013, Antioch, in Davidson County. Families usually shortlist communities within an easy drive of the people who visit most. Major hospitals serving the Nashville area include Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown, Ascension Saint Thomas West, TriStar Centennial Medical Center.

Nashville is Tennessee's capital and the metro's population hub, with about 700,000 residents in Davidson County and a fast-growing 65+ population spread across established neighborhoods from Green Hills and Belle Meade to the Hermitage and Antioch corridors.

Anchored by Vanderbilt University Medical Center — one of the Southeast's premier academic medical centers — and the Ascension Saint Thomas and TriStar networks, Nashville offers the widest range of TDH-licensed senior care in Tennessee, from Residential Homes for the Aged to large Assisted-Care Living Facilities and specialty memory-care programs.

Neighborhoods families in this area ask about include Green Hills, Belle Meade, West Nashville, East Nashville, Germantown, Antioch. See the Nashville senior care guide for local resources.

What does assisted living near The Bridge at Hickory Woods cost in 2026?

Assisted living in the Nashville area typically runs about $4,300–$5,200 a month in 2026. These are this site's area estimates, not The Bridge at Hickory Woods's prices, which the community sets itself.

Ask for an itemized rate sheet: base rent, the care-level or points fee, medication management, and any one-time community fee. Compare the all-in monthly figure for your parent's actual needs, not the starting rate. TennCare CHOICES and VA Aid & Attendance can offset costs for those who qualify, so ask whether The Bridge at Hickory Woods participates. More on assisted living costs in Nashville.

How should you evaluate The Bridge at Hickory Woods before signing?

Start with the license, then the paperwork, then the people. Confirm ACLF #360 is active in the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission listings, read its enforcement history above, and request its most recent survey before you sign an admission agreement.

1. Verify the license and status in the HFC facility listings.
2. Request the latest survey and plan of correction through the Commission's records portal.
3. Read the admission agreement for discharge terms, rate-increase notice and care-level pricing.
4. Visit twice, once unannounced near a mealtime or shift change.
5. Ask the regional long-term care ombudsman whether there are complaint patterns you should know about.

What should you ask on a tour of The Bridge at Hickory Woods?

Ask The Bridge at Hickory Woods about overnight staffing, who gives medications, what the monthly rate includes, and which changes in health would require a move out.

• Who administers medications, and how are errors reported to families?
• What is included in the base monthly rate, and how are care levels priced?
• What changes in health would require a move out, and how much notice do you give?
• How long have the administrator and the lead nurse been in their roles?
• Can we read the most recent state survey and your plan of correction?