With 15,349 people, Leitchfield, Kentucky is a relatively small city. There are only 2 nursing homes in the city, which does not give you too many options to choose from. Despite not having a ton of nursing homes, this city's nursing homes received a strong city grade of B+. We were so impressed with Leitchfield that we rated it as one of the top fifteen rated cities in all of Kentucky. This place's nursing homes were better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of our major areas discussed below. More information about these categories is available in the next paragraph.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed remarkably well in our inspections category. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received virtually flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, it received one of our best ratings in that area with an A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite insignificant. The city also really excelled in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. In the other categories we looked at, the city received a B- for short-term care and a B- in the area of nursing.