Kentucky

  • Kentucky climbed one spot in this year’s national nursing home ranking to No. 29, managing to hang on to its “C” average from the state’s previous report card.
  • Kentucky nursing home grades show that quality scores fall into one of two categories, really good or awful with no in between; the state scored above average grades in half of the the quality measures while scoring below average or failing grades in the remaining quality measures.
  • Kentucky nursing home’s frontline caregiver hours sank to their lowest levels in any report card; the state averaged 2 hours and 26 minutes of care per resident daily while ranking No. 40 in the percentage of nursing homes with above average direct care staffing.
  • Kentucky nursing homes had the nation’s worst ombudsman record, as advocates verified 95 percent of registered complaints, indicating widespread concerns from residents about their lack of quality care.
  • Kentucky’s nursing home care ranks fourth out of the Southeast Region’s eight states.
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