Bardstown Health & Rehabilitation

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

52.7% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — which CMS reads as no different from the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 126 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 50.0% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 44 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.22 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 27% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 4% of this home’s weekday level — it runs therapy on weekdays, with essentially none at the weekend. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 100 beds and averages 46.5 residents a day — about 46% occupied, or roughly 54 beds typically open. It often has substantial empty capacity — worth asking why, since low census can reflect either a new or shrinking home or one families are avoiding. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 4.76 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.69 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.78 is at or above the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 4.32 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 4.95 on weekdays — 13% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.80 to 0.40 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 53% is about the same as the national median of 45%. 1 administrator has left in the past year.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are fewer than at the previous inspection — improving. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

24 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 14 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · Ecited before2025-07-18 · tag F0761 — failed to label and store drugs safely — pattern
  Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, and review of facility policies and medication guidelines, the facility failed to store, label and dispose of medications in accordance with accepted professional standards for 1 of 2 medication rooms and 2 of 2 medication carts. Observation of the East Medication Room refrigerator on 07/14/2025, revealed an opened ampule of Tubersol without an expiration date or opened date. Observation of the Medication Cart 2 Narcotics bin on 07/16/2025, revealed an unidentified tablet secured with tape into a blister pack containing one milligram Lorazepam tablets. Observation of Medication Cart 1, on 07/17/2025, revealed 14 unidentified loose pills, tablets and capsules in the cart drawer with the medication blister packs. The findings include: Review of the facility policy entitled, Medication Storage, last reviewed 02/2025, revealed the Home (facility) must store all drugs and biologicals in a safe, secure and orderly manner. The facility was to ensure no expired or discontinued medications were stored within stock, house, routine or PRN (as necessary)…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-07-18 · tag F0657 — failed to keep the care plan current — isolated
  Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview, record review, and review of facility policy, it was determined the facility failed to revise the Comprehensive Care Plan for 1 of 15 sampled residents, Resident (R)42. Specifically, the facility failed to revise R42's Care Plan with interventions to address weight loss after the resident sustained a 32.6 pound (18.09%) severe weight loss in less than one month.The finding Include: Review of the facility's Care Planning-Interdisciplinary Team policy, undated, revealed .2. The care plan is based on the resident's comprehensive assessment and is developed by a Care Planning/Interdisciplinary Team which may include, but is not necessarily limited to the following personnel: a. the resident's Attending Physician; b. The Registered Nurse who has responsibility for the resident; c. The Dietary Manager/Dietician; d. The Social Services Worker responsible for the resident; e. The Activity Director/Coordinator; f. Therapists (speech, occupational, recreational, etc.), as applicable; g. Consultants (as appropriate); h. The Director of Nursing (as applicable); i. The…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-07-18 · tag F0692 — failed to prevent malnutrition and dehydration — isolated
  Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview, record review, and review of facility policy, the facility failed to ensure that a resident receives and maintains acceptable parameters of nutritional status, such as body weight, unless the resident's clinical condition demonstrates that this is not possible for 1 of 2 sampled residents reviewed for nutrition, Resident (R)42. Specifically, the facility failed to identify and respond to R42's 32.6 pound (18.09%) severe weight loss in less than one month.The finding include: Review of the facility's Weight Assessment and Intervention policy revealed. 4. Any weight change of 5% or more [unless otherwise specified in the resident's care plan or Physician's order] since the last weight will be retaken for confirmation. If the weight is verified, nursing will immediately notify the physician/practitioner and dietary team. Per policy. 7. The physician/ practitioner, resident and resident representative will be informed of significant weight change [gain/loss]. Review of R42's Face Sheet, revealed the facility admitted the resident on 03/17/2023 with diagnoses…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2021-05-01 · tag F0600 — failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect — pattern
  Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, interview, record review, and facility policy review, it was determined the facility failed to protect four (4) of thirty-one (31) residents from resident to resident abuse. The facility failed to protect Resident #10 from abuse resulting in a skin tear to the hand. The facility failed to protect Resident #35, #366 and #313 from verbal abuse. The findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, Abuse Prevention Program, updated 05/02/2017, revealed it is the policy of the facility to prevent resident abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation of resident property. The policy also stated each resident receives care and services in a person-centered environment in which all individuals are treated as human beings. The policy further revealed any incident or allegation involving abuse or mistreatment will result in an abuse investigation. Review of the facility policy titled Resident Behaviors and Facility Practices, undated, it stated that residents have the right to be free…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Ecited before2021-05-01 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — pattern
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, record review and review of facility policy, the facility failed to ensure the temperature of each cooked food item was checked before served per facility policy for 57 meals between 04/01/2021 and 04/25/2021. The findings include: Review of the facility's policies Monitoring food temperatures for Meal Service undated revealed the temperature for each food item shall be recorded in the Temperature Log Book. Observation on 04/26/2021 at 4:39 PM revealed the Dietary Manager took temperatures of each cooked food item on the steam table for the resident's dinner meal. The Dietary Manager then documented the food temperatures in a log book. Review of the Temperature Log Book revealed that for the month of April, 2021, facility staff had failed to document food temperatures for all three (3) meals for 19 of 25 days in April, 2021. Meal temperatures were not documented on the following days: 04/01-11/2021, 04/13/2021, 04/15-16/2021, 04/20/2021 and 04/22-25/2021. Interview with Dietary Manager, on 04/28/2021 at 8:48 AM, revealed Temperatures are supposes to…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2021-05-01 · tag F0580 — failed to tell family and doctor about changes — isolated
  Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview, record review and review of facility policy, it was determined the facility failed to ensure the physician was notified of a resident change in condition for one (1) of thirty-one (31) sampled residents (Resident #313). On [DATE], a change in skin condition was noted on Resident #313's nose; however, the physician was not notified until [DATE]. The findings include: Review of facility policy titled Change in Residents Condition or Status undated, revealed it was the policy of the facility to ensure that the residents' attending physicians and representatives were notified of changes in the resident condition or status. Further review revealed the nurse would record in the resident's medical record any changes in the resident's medical condition or status. Review of a witness statement by LPN #9 revealed on [DATE], Resident #313 was noted to have a reddened area with what looked like a white head pimple coming up on his/her nose. Review of a wound assessment dated [DATE] revealed the area to…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2021-05-01 · tag F0583 — failed to protect personal privacy — isolated
  Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review, interview and review of facility policy, the facility failed to protect the right to privacy and confidentiality for two (2) of thirty-one (31) sampled residents (Resident #363 and Resident #364). The facility failed to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of Resident #363 and Resident #364 when Resident #365 took photographs in the facility common area of both residents and posted them on his/her public social media page without the knowledge or consent of Resident #363 or Resident #364 or their resident representatives. Findings include: Review of facility policy titled, Resident Rights, (undated) revealed residents have the right of privacy over personal and clinical records. Privacy will include personal care, medical treatments, telephone use, visits, letters, and meetings or resident groups. Further review revealed the policy stated residents may approve or refuse release of records, except in the event of a transfer or legal situation. Review of facility photo consent policy,…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2021-05-01 · tag F0602 — failed to protect residents from theft of their belongings — isolated
  Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, record review and review of facility policy, it was determined the facility failed to protect two (2) of thirty-one (31) sampled residents (Residents #11 and #47) from misappropriation of resident property (controlled medications). The Controlled medication count was not correct for Resident #11 and #47 on 04/28/2021. The findings include: A review of the facility abuse policy titled Abuse Prevention undated, revealed it was the policy of the facility to prevent misappropriation of resident property. A review of the facility policy for controlled substance accountability titled Policy and Procedure Controlled Substances undated revealed it was policy to maintain individual record of receipt and distribution of all controlled drugs in sufficient detail to enable an accurate reconciliation. Further review of the policy revealed records shall be maintained by authorized nursing personnel of all controlled drugs administered to residents at the facility. 1. Review of the medical record for Resident #11 revealed the facility admitted the resident on…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2021-05-01 · tag F0609 — failed to report abuse allegations — isolated
  Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview, record review and facility policy review, it was determined the facility failed to report an allegation of verbal abuse timely for one (1) of thirty one (31) sampled residents (Resident #9). State Registered Nurse Aide (SRNA) #18 failed to immediately report an allegation of verbal abuse toward Resident #9 by SRNA #19. The findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, Abuse Prevention Program, updated 05/02/2017, revealed employees are required to report any incident, allegation or suspicion of potential abuse, neglect or mistreatment they observe, hear about or suspect to the Administrator or an immediate supervisor who will immediately report the allegation to the administrator. Review of the medical record for Resident #9, revealed the resident was readmitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including Cerebral Infarction, Cerebrovascular Disease, Morbid Obesity, Muscle Wasting Atrophy, Hemiplegia and Hemiparesis. Review of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) quarterly assessment…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2021-05-01 · tag F0610 — failed to investigate and act on abuse reports — isolated
  Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview, record review and policy review, the facility failed to ensure an abuse allegation was thoroughly investigated for one (1) of thirty-one (31) sampled residents (Resident #163). The facility investigated an abuse allegation related to a nurse making an inappropriate statement to Resident #163 when the resident requested pain medication on [DATE]. Although, the facility investigated the statement made by the nurse to the resident, the facility failed to investigate the if the resident received the pain medication as requested. The findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, Abuse Prevention Program, updated [DATE], revealed it is the policy of the facility to prevent resident abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation of resident property. The policy also stated each resident receives care and services in a person-centered environment in which all individuals are treated as human beings. The policy further revealed any incident or allegation involving abuse or mistreatment…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Who owns this facility

The source lists no ownership percentage for any party here — PECOS records a share only for equity interests, not for board or management roles.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

About 74% of this home’s resident-days are paid by Medicaid, which reimburses well below the cost of care in most states. Heavily Medicaid-dependent homes run on thinner budgets — a context worth holding next to the staffing and inspection record, not a fault in itself.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2023). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

What families pay in KY