With 40,470 people, Ashland, Kentucky is a relatively small city. There are just 3 nursing homes in the city, which does not offer you too many options to choose from. This city's limited supply of nursing homes received a city grade of B. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of Portsmouth, which received a city grade of C. We found Ashland to be in a totally different league. The best part of Ashland's strong report card was its nursing homes' inspection ratings. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, many of the nursing homes in Ashland performed spectacularly well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded the city an A for this category, which is one of our best scores. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. In addition, Ashland also performed remarkably well in the area of long-term care, where it received a grade of A- for this area. Lastly, we gave the city slightly below average grades for our short-term care and nursing categories.