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Overview of Shady Lawn Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Shady Lawn Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Cadiz, Kentucky, offers skilled nursing, long-term care, hospice care, palliative services, and temporary respite stays. Licensed nursing staff supports individuals recovering from hospitalizations, managing chronic illnesses, or requiring end-of-life care. On-site rehabilitation programs provide physical, occupational, and speech therapies to aid functional recovery, while temporary respite stays give primary home caregivers routine breaks.

Supervised by administrator Dana Radford and operator Shady Lawn Opco, the 50-bed residence includes a staff physician on its care team. Reported data indicates total nurse staffing averages 3 hours and 6 minutes per resident daily. Facility highlights feature hair salon and barber services, structured group outings, and a pet-friendly policy that allows residents to keep animals. Accepted financial arrangements include Medicare for post-acute care, Medicaid for long-term stays, and private payment.

Families seeking short-term rehabilitation or long-term nursing support can contact Shady Lawn Nursing and Rehabilitation Center to ask about room availability, review financial options, or arrange an in-person visit.

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Overview of Crestview Healthcare and Rehabilitation

Crestview Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Shelbyville, Kentucky, provides long-term nursing, skilled care, memory support, hospice, and palliative care. Dedicated memory units offer secured surroundings to protect residents prone to wandering, while palliative and end-of-life programs focus on pain relief and comfort care. Physical rehabilitation therapies operate directly on site to assist residents recovering from illness or injury.

Shelbyville, KY, Opco manages the 58-bed location under administrator Steve McKinley. The facility maintains a 96 percent occupancy rate, and records show an average of 3 hours and 18 minutes of direct nursing time per resident daily. Positioned in a neighborhood with a 56 walk score, the location enables residents to handle select errands on foot. Accepted payment methods include Medicare, Medicaid, and private funds.

Families considering long-term care options or specialized memory support can reach out to Crestview Healthcare and Rehabilitation to confirm current room availability, discuss payment methods, or request a facility tour.

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Overview of Signature HealthCARE at Rockford Rehab & Wellness Center

Signature HealthCARE at Rockford Rehab & Wellness Center is a nursing home in Louisville, Kentucky, offering palliative care, respite care, and skilled nursing. Skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock, while palliative care centers on comfort and symptom support. Respite care is a short stay option for a family caregiver who needs time to travel or recover.

The home has 110 beds, with total nurse staffing of 3 hours and 6 minutes per resident each day. That figure represents the daily hands on nursing time allocated to each resident. Payment options include Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, so eligible residents can use public coverage or pay directly for care.

Rehabilitation services and short stay rehab support recovery during a temporary stay, including through the Orthopedic Recovery Program. Clinical services include trach management, specialized wound care, podiatry, and dental services. An on site salon and Wellness Center provide additional services within the community. LP Louisville Quinn Drive operates Signature HealthCARE at Rockford Rehab & Wellness Center.

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Overview of Bedford Springs Health and Rehabilitation

Bedford Springs Health and Rehabilitation in Bedford, Kentucky, provides skilled nursing care and physical rehabilitation. On-site therapy programs assist residents during functional recovery, while continuous clinical oversight supports long-term nursing needs within a single location.

Bedford Ky Opco manages the 60-bed residence alongside administrator Kaijon Hawley. Daily nursing records show an average allocation of 2 hours and 58 minutes of direct care per resident. Financial coverage options include Medicare, Medicaid, and direct private payment.

Prospective residents searching for rehabilitation programs or full-time nursing care can contact Bedford Springs Health and Rehabilitation to confirm room availability, discuss financing options, or arrange a visit to tour the facility.

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Overview of Thomson-Hood Veterans Center

Thomson-Hood Veterans Center is a nursing home in Wilmore, KY. Nursing home care provides ongoing nursing and daily support in a residential setting for residents whose needs require more care than they can manage independently. Because the center has served Veterans, it may be a good fit for a veteran who needs long-term nursing home care.

With 285 beds, the center is a larger nursing home with more residents and staff and usually more programming than a smaller setting. Its 50% occupancy means half of the beds are occupied, leaving additional licensed capacity.

The center opened in 1991 and is operated by Commonwealth Of Kentucky. Samuel Hutchinson serves as the administrator, and total nurse staffing is 5h 43m per resident/day, representing the amount of nurse staffing time allocated per resident over a day.

Payment options are Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, allowing families to evaluate coverage through Medicare or Medicaid or plan for direct payment.

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Overview of Signature Healthcare of Monroe County Rehab and Well

Signature Healthcare of Monroe County Rehab and Well is a nursing home in Tompkinsville, KY offering skilled nursing, hospice care, palliative care, and respite care. Skilled nursing provides nursing care, while hospice supports residents at the end of life and palliative care focuses on comfort. Respite care offers a short-term stay when someone’s usual caregiver needs time away, while rehabilitation services support recovery during a stay.

The home has 104 beds and private rooms, so each resident has an individual room. Transportation to community events is available. An on-site chaplain provides access to spiritual support within the community, and elder vacations offer a temporary residential option for an older adult.

Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted. Total nurse staffing is 4h 1m per resident/day, representing the daily amount of nurse staffing assigned to each resident. Candi Spears serves as administrator, and LP Tompkinsville operates the community.

Signature Healthcare of Monroe County Rehab and Well may be a good fit for a resident who needs skilled nursing or rehabilitation, or for a family seeking short-term respite care while a primary caregiver travels or recovers.

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Overview of Hopkins Center

Hopkins Center runs 50 beds in a single-story building on South College Street in Woodburn, Kentucky, offering nursing home and skilled nursing care under one roof. The Walk Score is 7, about as car-dependent as it gets, so getting there and getting around needs a car.

Occupancy runs at 89.7%, and the average length of stay is 205 days, well over half a year. That’s a long-term profile, not a short-stay rehab pipeline, and it shapes what kind of resident this facility is really built for.

Clinically, the service list here goes deeper than a standard nursing home: recreational therapy, orthopedic rehabilitation, wound care, pain management, amputee recovery, and colostomy care. That’s a specific, fairly wide-ranging set of capabilities, not a generic “comprehensive care” claim. Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are all accepted, and the community allows pets, which matters for residents settling in for the long haul.

Structurally, residents get a voice: an active resident council and a regular resident group both meet to discuss policy and care quality, backed by an on-site, state-approved Nurse Aide Training program. Transportation services and fitness and recreation programming fill out the rest of daily life.

Between the long average stay, the specific clinical service list, and the resident-council structure, Hopkins Center reads as a facility built for residents who need sustained, specialized medical support over months rather than weeks, with a pet-friendly setup and some real say in how the place runs.

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Overview of The Transitional Care Center of Owensboro

The Transitional Care Center of Owensboro is a nursing home with licensed nursing care available on site around the clock. It has 30 beds, placing it in the mid-sized range, although bed count alone does not indicate whether a community feels smaller or larger. Each resident is allocated 8 hours and 37 minutes of hands-on nursing time per day.

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Overview of Greenville Nursing and Rehabilitation

The service list at Greenville Nursing and Rehabilitation points mostly toward stays that end. Short-term rehabilitation, respite care, and outpatient therapy all assume somebody will be leaving eventually.

Occupational therapy works on daily tasks that stopped being automatic, and speech therapy works on swallowing and words. Outpatient therapy means a former resident can keep coming back for it. There are 74 beds behind Greenville Nursing and Rehabilitation’s list of services.

Respite covers a short stay booked around something already fixed on the calendar, like a wedding out of state that leaves a gap, and the respite stay ends on a date chosen in advance when the regular caregiver gets back.

Nursing coverage carries across shift change rather than thinning at the seam. Hospice care treats pain and breathing as the thing being managed, once recovery stops being the goal.

Nursing time clock at 3 hours and 6 minutes per resident daily. Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are all accepted, and the administrator is one Shannon Landrum. This is a facility suited for someone whose needs run from a few weeks of recovery, but also someone who needs nursing without an end date.

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Overview of Morganfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Morganfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, located in Morganfield, Kentucky, provides skilled nursing, memory care, palliative care, hospice, and respite stays within a 60-bed layout. Personal care programs cover long-term support as well as specialized supervision inside a secured memory care unit. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy services facilitate short-term rehabilitation, while temporary respite admissions give regular family caregivers structured breaks.

Facility operations are managed by administrator Lainie Brinkley and operator Morganfield Opco. Daily nurse coverage averages 2 hours and 57 minutes per resident across the building. Amenities include an on-site beauty and barber shop, dedicated family visiting rooms, planned social outings, and a pet-friendly policy. Sitting in a location with a 53 walk score, the campus offers access to various neighborhood destinations on foot.

Interested individuals can contact Morganfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center to ask about room availability, request details on pet policies, or schedule a tour of the facility. Accepted payment methods comprise Medicare, Medicaid, and private funds.

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Nursing Homes in Kentucky at a glance

Avg Overall CMS Rating: 3.0/ 5The average Overall CMS Rating for all CMS-certified nursing homes in Kentucky. Ratings combine health inspections, staffing, and quality measures, with inspections weighted most. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 3.2/ 5
Avg Staffing Rating: 2.8/ 5The average Staffing Rating across all CMS-certified nursing homes in Kentucky. Reflects nursing staff hours per resident per day (including RNs), adjusted for residents' care needs. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 3.4/ 5
Avg Health Insp. Rating: 3.0/ 5The average Health Inspection Rating across all CMS-certified nursing homes in Kentucky. Based on each facility's recent inspections and complaint investigations, weighing the number, scope, and severity of deficiencies. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 3.0/ 5