Click here to view our latest communication about visitation and screening.

Click here to view Asbury’s Visitation Guidelines.

In addition to continuously monitoring and abiding by the recommendations put forth by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), we will continue to inform visitors of the local COVID-19 transmission rate in the surrounding community. Current infection rate for Hawkins County: 9.7%; Sullivan County:12.6%.

Screening & Masking

Masks are required in community indoor common areas for all residents and guests at Asbury Place Kingsport. This applies to all residents and guests, even those who are vaccinated. Associates will continue to be required to wear masks.

Family members or visitors will not need to screen in unless going to visit a resident in Assisted Living or the Health Care Center. Please note: Masks are required while traversing the community until arriving at the resident’s home.

For those planning to visit when/where screening is required, please click here to fill out the online screening form and then do the temperature check at the appropriate community entrance.  (Chrome or Safari are the preferred web browsers; there have been issues reported when using Internet Explorer). If you do not have a smart device, an associate will read you the screening form. At our screening area, please complete a temperature check at our temperature kiosk.

Health Care Center

Visitation is open in the Health Care Center and Baysmont House.

• Visitors must complete the screening process
• Health Care Center residents will continue to follow CDC, federal, state and local requirements.
• In line with the CDC and in light of the climbing COVID-19 positive case rates in Sullivan and Hawkins counties, masks are required in community indoor common areas for all residents and guests at Asbury Place Kingsport. This applies to all residents and guests, even those who are vaccinated.
• Click here to view Asbury’s Visitation Guidelines.

Steadman Hill Assisted Living

Visitation is open in Assisted Living.

• Visitors must complete the screening process
• Assisted Living residents will continue to follow CDC, federal, state and local requirements.
• In line with the CDC and in light of the climbing COVID-19 positive case rates in Sullivan and Hawkins counties, masks are required in community indoor common areas for all residents and guests at Asbury Place Kingsport. This applies to all residents and guests, even those who are vaccinated.
• Click here to view Asbury’s Visitation Guidelines.

Residential Living

Visitation is open for residents of Residential Living.

• Visitors must wear masks whenever on campus and should proceed directly to the resident’s home upon arrival at the community.
• Masks are required in community indoor common areas for all residents and guests at Asbury Place Kingsport. This applies to all residents and guests, even those who are vaccinated.
• All Residential Living residents, vaccinated or not, will need to screen in and wear a mask if visiting a family member or fellow resident in Assisted Living or Health Care Center.
• Click here to view Asbury’s Visitation Guidelines.

Residential Common Areas & Services

• Courtyard is open with masking and physical distancing.
• Pastoral care calls and visits are ongoing.
• Housekeeping from external vendors for apartment and villa residents is allowed. Screening is required.
• Library is open. Please follow sanitation and physical distancing protocols.
• Movie Theater and Fireside Lounge are closed.
• Transportation services on and off-campus are currently closed, but medical transports are available by appointment.

Mail, Deliveries, & Groceries

Mail and Packages: Residents of our apartments and cottages are receiving mail and packages as usual. Packages for residents of our Health Care Center are delivered contact-free by associates.

Online Groceries: Please address deliveries to resident’s address and deliveries will be made by associates.

On-Campus Grocery Services: Limited groceries are available on our campus through our dining partner Sodexo. They can be billed to residents and delivered contact-free to their home. Please contact Sallie West 423-830-8507, swest@asbury.org.

Testing is an important component of our COVID-19 prevention strategy. We are pleased to share some outstanding results for Asbury Place Kingsport and the Asbury system. To date, Asbury has conducted just over 151,007 COVID-19 tests at our communities with a positivity rate of  just 1 percent. This compares to a national positivity rate of 9.1 percent. At Asbury Place Kingsport, we have conducted 15,252 tests with a positivity rate of just 0.6 percent.

Residential Living: A resident who believes they may have been exposed to COVID or is showing symptoms recognized by the CDC as being possible markers of COVID-19 should contact their physician for testing or visit a local testing center.

Assisted Living or Skilled Nursing: Residents are monitored daily for any signs identified as potentially symptomatic of COVID-19 per CDC guidelines. Additional measures are implemented in line with Asbury’s system-wide infection-control algorithm, including quarantine in a specially designed area of the building.

Main Reception: 423-393-9685 or 423-830-8500

Assisted Living: 423-245-1067