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Our editorial team analyzed 12 nursing homes in Owensboro, KY using CMS data, inspection records, complaints, amenities, and facility-level details. How we rank nursing homes in KY
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Info below is compiled from CMS reports & the KY Cabinet for Health & Family Services (CHFS), senior community websites & trusted data sources such as Walk Score & BBB.
Communities are listed from highest-ranked to lowest-ranked based on our methodology.
The facility name. Click to view the full profile page on Assisted Living Magazine, including photos, services, and contact info.
CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the federal agency that regulates nursing homes) Overall 5-star rating — a composite of Health Inspection, Staffing, and Quality Measures scores. 5 stars = top 10% nationally. 1 star = bottom 10%. The single most important number to start with when comparing facilities.
Care Types in This TableNH (Nursing Home):
24/7 skilled nursing care for residents with complex, ongoing medical needs.
SNF (Skilled Nursing Facility):
Round-the-clock nursing care, often for recovery after surgery, injury, or illness.
MC (Memory Care):
Secured, specialized care for people living with Alzheimer's or dementia.
RC (Respite Care):
Short-term temporary care that gives family caregivers a break.
HOS (Hospice Care):
Comfort-focused care for those with a terminal illness, prioritizing quality of life over treatment.
PC (Palliative Care):
Comfort-focused care for serious illness at any stage, including alongside curative treatment.
Neighborhood or city area where the facility is located. Proximity to family, hospitals, and green space matters for both quality of life and ease of visitation. Consider drive time and transit access when evaluating location.
Licensed bed capacity. Larger facilities (300+ beds) often have more specialized programs but can feel institutional. Smaller homes (under 150 beds) tend to deliver more personalized care. Compare with Avg Res/Day to understand how full the facility typically runs.
A 0–100 score of a facility's regulatory inspection record, shown as a letter and compared with other facilities of the same kind in the same state. This is a proprietary Assisted Living Magazine grade. It is not a government rating. A dash means we have no inspection data for that facility.
Percentage of licensed beds filled on an average day. Color indicates financial health: green (90%+) = operationally strong, typically profitable. Amber (80–89%) = stable but leaving revenue on the table. Orange (70–79%) = financial strain likely, may struggle with fixed costs. Red (<70%) = significant distress, closure or ownership change risk increases sharply.
This facility's occupancy rate compared to the statewide average for similar facilities. A positive number means above-average demand. Facilities running 5%+ above the state average are typically the most sought-after in their market — a strong proxy for reputation.
CMS-adjusted total nurse hours per resident per day (RN + LPN + CNA combined). The national average is approximately 3.5 hrs. Higher is better — more direct care time per resident. Below 3.0 is a red flag. CMS weights RN hours more heavily because RNs handle complex clinical decisions that CNAs cannot.
CMS Health Inspection star rating (1–5 stars), based on the 3 most recent annual state surveys plus any complaint investigations. This is the hardest rating to manipulate — it reflects real surveyor findings on-site. 5 stars = fewest deficiencies found. 1 star = most. It carries the heaviest weight in the Overall CMS rating.
CMS Staffing star rating (1–5 stars), based on daily nurse staffing hours submitted to CMS via verified payroll data. Compares RN, LPN, and CNA coverage relative to resident acuity level. 5 stars = well above expected staffing. Weekend staffing is evaluated separately, as that's where many facilities quietly reduce coverage.
CMS Quality Measures star rating (1–5 stars), based on 15 clinical outcome metrics including fall rates, pressure ulcers, antipsychotic drug use, and hospital readmissions. Captures actual resident health outcomes, not just compliance. High QM combined with low Health Inspection scores can indicate a facility with strong care but weak documentation practices.
Registered Nurse hours per resident/day compared to the statewide average. RNs are the highest-skilled nursing staff — they assess residents, manage medications, and respond to emergencies. A value of +50% means RN coverage is 50% above the state norm. Negative values are a concern for residents with complex or acute medical needs.
Total nursing staff hours (RN + LPN + CNA combined) per resident/day vs. the statewide average. A broader measure than RN vs State — it captures the entire care team. A facility can have high total staffing but low RN hours, meaning more aides and fewer nurses. Read both columns together for the full picture.
Total dollar amount of federal monetary fines (civil money penalties) issued by CMS in the past 3 years. Fines are only levied for serious violations — typically actual harm to residents, repeated uncorrected deficiencies, or systemic non-compliance. Even a single fine is noteworthy. Multiple fines strongly suggest a pattern, not isolated incidents.
Total health deficiency citations from the most recent standard inspection cycle. Minor citations (scope A–C) are common and often administrative in nature. Higher counts aren't always disqualifying, but should be read alongside Severe Citations to understand actual harm levels. Under 10 is strong for a large facility; 30+ warrants a closer look.
Average deficiency citations per CMS inspection (survey) in the reporting window — total citations divided by the number of inspections. Lower is better; compare alongside total Citations and Severe Citations for context.
Citations at CMS scope/severity level G or higher — G–I means actual harm occurred; J–L means residents were placed in immediate jeopardy. (D–F is potential for harm only). Examples include unaddressed falls, medication errors causing injury, neglect, or abuse.
Average number of residents in the building on any given day, derived from annual census data. Reflects true operating scale — a 400-bed facility running 200 residents/day operates very differently from one at 390. Higher resident counts generally mean more funded staffing hours.
Better Business Bureau rating (A+ to F). Reflects complaint history, business transparency, and how family disputes were resolved. A+ means no significant unresolved complaints. A blank (—) means the facility isn't BBB-accredited, which is common for healthcare providers and not necessarily a negative signal.
Walk Score® (0–100). Measures walkability of the surrounding area. 90–100 = Walker's Paradise. 70–89 = Very Walkable. 50–69 = Somewhat Walkable. Below 50 = Car-Dependent. Higher scores benefit family visitors, resident outings, and staff commuting.
The licensed owner or operator of record filed with CMS — the individual or organization legally accountable for the facility. Searching the operator name across other facilities can reveal chain or multi-site ownership, which matters: chain-operated homes tend to have more variable quality outcomes than independently run facilities.
What the home actually collects for resident care, after contractual allowances, bad debt and discounts — not gross billings. Taken from the latest complete annual cost report, so it is comparable across homes reporting the same period. Revenue alone doesn't indicate care quality, but it funds staffing and capital reinvestment. Pair with Payroll %. Figures are from each facility's most recent complete fiscal year — hover a value for the exact year; a * marks homes that report an older period than most facilities.
Staff salaries plus wage-related benefits from the latest complete annual cost report. Contract and agency labour is counted separately, under other operating costs, so a home leaning on agency staff can show a low figure here. Payroll is the cost most directly tied to care quality — compare with Payroll % for full context. Figures are from each facility's most recent complete fiscal year — hover a value for the exact year; a * marks homes that report an older period than most facilities.
Payroll as a share of NET PATIENT REVENUE (not gross revenue). Both figures come from the same cost-report year. A higher figure means more of each revenue dollar goes to staff pay. Read with the Staffing star rating to judge whether spend translates into coverage — and note that homes whose patient revenue covers only part of their operation can read implausibly high. The Kentucky average is: 48.8% Figures are from each facility's most recent complete fiscal year — hover a value for the exact year; a * marks homes that report an older period than most facilities.
CMS Certification Number: the unique federal identifier for this skilled nursing provider.
Rank badges are statewide and care-type specific: each nursing home is ranked against every other KY nursing home we track that reports that metric, not just the 12 analyzed for Owensboro. See how we rank facilities
Overview of Hermitage Care & Rehabilitation Center
Hermitage Care & Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home in Owensboro, Kentucky, offering nursing care and skilled nursing. It has 92 beds and an 88% occupancy rate, so most beds are filled while some capacity remains.
Licensed nursing care is available on site around the clock, and rehabilitation services can support a resident working toward recovery. The combination may suit a resident who needs both services in the same setting. Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted, giving families options for covered care or direct payment. Nurse staffing totals 3 hours and 53 minutes per resident each day, representing the daily nursing time allocated to each resident. LP Owensboro operates the center.
Twin Rivers Nursing and Rehab Center offers nursing home care, skilled nursing, nursing care, hospice care, palliative care, and respite care in Owensboro, KY. Skilled nursing and nursing care provide licensed nursing on site around the clock, while the nursing home setting supports both short term and long term care. Hospice care addresses end of life comfort needs, and palliative care focuses on symptom relief and comfort during serious illness.
Respite care provides a short stay for someone whose usual caregiver needs temporary support. This range may suit a resident who needs short term rehabilitation, ongoing nursing support, or a temporary stay while a family caregiver travels or recovers. The home has 132 beds. Private and semi private rooms are available for residents who want a room of their own or are comfortable sharing a room.
Total nurse staffing is 3 hours and 10 minutes per resident per day, representing the amount of daily nursing time allocated to each resident. Rehabilitation and restorative rehabilitation services support recovery and help residents work on maintaining daily abilities. Wound care, medication management, physician visits, disease management and early intervention, dietary and nutritional counseling, and vision and dental care address specific clinical and daily health needs on site.
Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted. Twin Rivers Operating Company operates the community.
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 7 hours and 31 minutes of hands-on nursing time per day.
Wellington Parc of Owensboro is a nursing home in Owensboro, Kentucky. It has been open for 34 years. That’s a long time in this business. A lot has changed in nursing care over three decades, and this place has kept going through all of it. The building has just one floor. That’s a real plus for residents who use wheelchairs or walkers, since there are no stairs or elevators to deal with.
Eighty beds make up the facility. Sixty of them are set aside for memory care. The other 20 are general nursing beds. That split says something important: memory care isn’t a small add-on here. It’s the main focus. Right now 42 of the 80 beds have residents in them. That works out to about 53% occupancy.
The area around Wellington Parc scores a 52 on Walk Score. That puts it in the “moderately walkable” range. Chris handles the day-to-day administration on site, and the facility itself is run by Wellington Parc Health Systems, Inc.
Nursing coverage adds up to 7 hours and 45 minutes per resident each day. That’s the number that shows how much hands-on care residents actually get. Registered nurses spend about 37 minutes per resident daily. Licensed practical nurses spend about 20 minutes. Families can pay through Medicare, Medicaid, or private pay, so there’s more than one way to cover the cost.
State inspectors keep coming back to a few areas here. Medication management is one. Infection control is another. They also look at how the facility handles paperwork and care planning, food and dietary service, environmental safety, and resident rights. These are the same things inspectors check at nursing homes across Kentucky.
Wellington Parc has stayed open for over three decades, and its bed count leans heavily toward memory care. Daily nursing hours are solid, and the facility takes all three major payment types. It sits in a part of Owensboro where you can get some things done on foot.
Signature Healthcare at Hillcrest provides nursing home, memory care, respite care, and skilled nursing in Owensboro, KY. Nursing home care supports residents who need ongoing assistance and clinical oversight in a residential setting, while skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock. Memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering, and respite care provides a short stay for a resident when a usual caregiver needs to travel or recover.
The range of care types may make Signature Healthcare at Hillcrest a good fit for a resident whose needs may change over time without requiring a move to another community. The 156-bed community accommodates a broader resident population than a smaller home. Private rooms provide an individual living space, while semi-private rooms suit residents who share a room with a companion. Payment options are Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, allowing families to use public coverage or pay directly.
Total nurse staffing is 3 hours and 31 minutes per resident per day, representing the recorded amount of nurse staffing time allocated per resident across a day. LP Owensboro Ii operates Signature Healthcare at Hillcrest.
Heartland Villa Center is a captivating skilled care nursing and rehabilitation facility, equipped to accommodate up to 45 clients at a time. Tucked away near the serene Ohio River, just east of Owensboro, Kentucky, this seven-acre campus boasts scenic walking paths, a shaded park, and a play area.
Heartland’s reputation for providing exceptional care and warm hospitality speaks volumes, as they proudly hold the My Innerview Excellence in Action award three times and have received the National Health Care Association’s Bronze Commitment to Quality award. Alongside their skilled services, they extend outpatient rehabilitation services to the local community and offer a 24-unit apartment complex.
Carmel Home is a 115-bed nursing and skilled nursing community out on Old Hartford Rd in Owensboro, Kentucky, run by the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus, with Francis as the administrator. The building is single-story, which matters more than people think when you’re picturing a parent or grandparent getting around without stairs. It sits in a car-dependent stretch of town (Walk Score 20), so visits usually mean driving over rather than walking.
Right now the place is running at 84% occupancy, 96 of its 115 beds filled, which tells you it’s an active, steady community rather than one that’s just opened its doors or quietly emptying out. There’s personal care and skilled nursing side by side, plus short-term rehab for people bouncing back from surgery or a hospital stay. Staff are there 24 hours a day, and residents can see a physician or podiatrist, get dental work done, and have medications, medical supplies, and oxygen managed on-site instead of needing a separate trip for each one.
There’s a beautician and barber on hand, which sounds minor until you realize how much it matters to someone’s sense of self. Transportation is available when residents need to get somewhere the building can’t take them. And the place runs on dietary services, social and activity programming, and consultant pharmacy support layered under that round-the-clock nursing staff.
Carmel Home takes Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, so families aren’t boxed into one way of covering things. As for how the state sees it: inspections here have leaned toward staffing and staff credentials, how care gets planned and documented, and dietary and food service. This is a place built for residents who need real nursing-level support, whether that’s a short rehab stint after the hospital or something longer-term, inside a facility with steady occupancy and a long-standing religious-order operator behind it.
Nursing home care, memory care, skilled nursing, hospice care, and palliative care are the work at Chautauqua Health and Rehabilitation in Owensboro, KY. Sixteen programs carry names here, and licensed nursing is the one with no schedule attached to it. The secure memory care unit is another of the sixteen, and the only one with a door, supervising residents who need that level of support.
Comfort for serious or advanced illness is the point of the hospice and palliative pairing, which the program list carries as a single entry. The building is licensed for 184 beds. Daily nursing weighs in at 3 hours and 40 minutes for each resident.
Payment comes by way of Medicaid, Medicare, or private funds. Physical, occupational and speech rehabilitation are named programs, so those sessions happen without a car journey attached. A salon is named too.
Erin Whitehouse is administrator, with Owensboro Ky Opco, LLC as the operating entity. Round-the-clock nursing, a secure memory unit, and comfort-focused care together fit a resident needing ongoing supervision or a shift toward comfort.
Overview of Twin Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation
Twin Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation in Owensboro, Kentucky, provides nursing home care, hospice, palliative care, respite care, and skilled nursing. Skilled nursing and nursing home care include licensed nursing on site around the clock. Hospice and palliative care center on comfort for residents with serious or end of life needs, while respite care provides a short stay when a usual caregiver needs time away. The range of services suits a resident who needs nursing support during recovery or a family seeking temporary care.
Rehabilitation services and short term rehabilitation support residents through a recovery period. Medication management helps residents stay on top of prescribed medicines, and the salon and spa provide personal care services within the facility. Pets are allowed, giving a resident the option to continue living with a pet. Twin Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay.
Overview of Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center
Riverside Care and Rehabilitation Center in Calhoun, KY, is committed to revolutionizing nursing home facilities through its resident-centered healthcare services. As part of Signature HealthCARE’s Hometown facilities, Riverside focuses on individualized clinical programming. Their mission extends beyond healthcare to include personalized spirituality and quality-of-life initiatives that contribute to the well-being of its residents. The facility boasts a comprehensive range of services, including 7-day-a-week admissions and specialized care options like IV administration, pain and nutrition management, and wound care. By offering such a broad spectrum of services, Riverside addresses the multifaceted needs of its multi-ethnic, multi-cultural community.
Every nursing home above is evaluated across five weighted categories using CMS data including Care Compare, Payroll-Based Journal, and Medicare Cost Reports. Rank badges compare each home against other nursing homes in the same state — never against assisted living, memory care, or independent living communities.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Nursing Homes in Owensboro, KY
What's the difference between assisted living and a nursing home in Kentucky?
Assisted living in Kentucky is a residential model focused on housing, hospitality, and help with daily activities. Nursing homes (skilled nursing facilities) provide 24/7 medical care from licensed nurses for residents with significant health needs, and are regulated more strictly under both state and federal CMS rules.
Does Kentucky Medicaid cover nursing home care?
Yes — Kentucky Medicaid covers nursing home care for residents who meet income, asset, and medical-need eligibility requirements. Most CMS-certified nursing homes accept Medicaid as a primary payer once long-term-care eligibility is established.
What is nursing home care?
Nursing homes (also called skilled nursing facilities) provide 24/7 medical care from licensed nurses, rehabilitation services, and long-term custodial care for residents with significant health or functional needs.
How many nursing homes are listed on this page?
This page features 12 nursing homes in Owensboro, KY. Use the filters and comparison tools above to compare ratings, amenities, and pricing.
How do I choose the right nursing home in Owensboro, KY?
Start by matching the level of care offered to the resident's current and anticipated needs, then compare licensing status, staff-to-resident ratios, recent inspection results, and pricing. Tour at least two or three communities in Owensboro, KY, talk to current residents and families, and confirm what is included in the base rate versus billed as add-on services.
What should I look for when visiting nursing homes in Owensboro, KY?
Pay attention to staff interactions with residents, cleanliness and odor, food quality at meal times, the activity calendar, and how questions about pricing and care plans are answered. Ask to see the most recent state inspection report, the move-out / level-of-care-change policy, and a sample monthly bill that lists every fee.
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Nursing Homes in Owensboro at a glance
Avg Overall CMS Rating:3.8/ 5The average Overall CMS Rating for all CMS-certified nursing homes in Owensboro, KY. 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:2.9/ 5The average Staffing Rating across all CMS-certified nursing homes in Owensboro, KY. 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:3.6/ 5The average Health Inspection Rating across all CMS-certified nursing homes in Owensboro, KY. 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
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