There are just 3 nursing homes located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, providing for a relatively small population of 48,194 people. This city's limited supply of nursing homes were awarded a city grade of B. Interestingly, this city turned out to be one of the fifteen best cities in Kentucky according to our ratings. This city's nursing homes were stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. More information about its category grades is available in the next section.
To go along with its great overall grade, we awarded the nursing homes in Elizabethtown an A for our inspections category. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Elizabethtown earned a B for our long-term care category. In our final two categories, Elizabethtown earned middle of the pack grades for our short-term care and nursing areas.