State data · CMS September 2026
Nursing homes in Kentucky
Kentucky has 267 nursing homes certified for Medicare or Medicaid, with 25,400 certified beds and a median occupancy of 90.3% (US median 85.7%). 83% are for-profit, 15% nonprofit and 2% government-owned, and 72% belong to a chain or affiliated group. HUD has endorsed 70 FHA-insured Section 232 nursing home loans in Kentucky since fiscal 2001, totaling $0.7 billion in original principal, 16 of them since fiscal 2021.
- Facilities
- 267
- Certified beds
- 25,400
- Median occupancy
- 90.3%
- Median nurse hours / resident day
- 3.75
- HUD 232 loans since FY2001
- 70
Star ratings
CMS overall ratings for the 266 rated Kentucky facilities. 1 are Special Focus Facilities and 5 are candidates, the CMS list for homes with a history of serious quality problems.
Ownership
| Measure | Kentucky | Share |
|---|---|---|
| For-profit | 221 | 83% |
| Nonprofit | 40 | 15% |
| Government | 6 | 2% |
| Changed ownership in the last 12 months | 0 | 0% |
| Private equity owner self-reported to CMS | 0 | 0% |
| REIT owner self-reported to CMS | 7 | 3% |
Largest chains and affiliated groups in Kentucky
- Signature Healthcare: 38 facilities
- Simcha Hyman & Naftali Zanziper: 24 facilities
- Benjamin Landa: 17 facilities
- Bluegrass Health Ky: 15 facilities
- Trilogy Health Services: 14 facilities
- Encore Health Partners: 12 facilities
- David Marx: 10 facilities
- Seky Holding Co.: 9 facilities
- Lyon Healthcare: 8 facilities
- Pacs Group: 7 facilities
Facilities with HUD Section 232 history
42 Kentucky facilities match at least one FHA-insured loan in HUD's healthcare database, most recent endorsement first.
Largest by certified beds
- Thomson-Hood Veterans Center, Wilmore: 285 beds
- Eastway Health & Rehabilitation, Louisville: 252 beds
- Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Paducah: 228 beds
- Spring Creek Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center, Murray: 226 beds
- Redbanks, Henderson: 222 beds
- Hazard Health and Rehabilitation Center, Hazard: 200 beds
- NHC Healthcare, Glasgow, Glasgow: 194 beds
- Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center, Winchester: 179 beds
- Louisville East Post Acute, Louisville: 178 beds
- Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green, Bowling Green: 176 beds
Every Kentucky facility
The full list is sorted by city, 2 pages of up to 200.
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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