With 40,470 people, Ashland, Kentucky is a relatively small city. There are just 4 nursing homes in the city, which does not offer you too many options to choose from. While this place didn't have a ton of nursing homes, this city's nursing homes received an excellent city grade of B+. We also looked at the facilities in the nearby city of Portsmouth, which received a city grade of C. We found Ashland to be in a totally different league. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, most of the facilities in Ashland performed spectacularly well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of its facilities received virtually flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, it received one of our best scores in that area with an A+. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. We also wanted to emphasize that we gave the city an A- for our long-term care rating. In the other categories we looked at, the city received a B+ for its short-term care rating and a C in nursing.