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. This city's nursing homes were given a city grade of B-. This is just about in the middle of the pack by national standards, which is nothing to be ashamed of. This place was better in some categories than others, but it didn't have terrible grades in any of our major areas discussed below. More information about these categories is available in the next paragraph.
Despite receiving a fairly ordinary overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed extremely well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received virtually flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, we awarded Leitchfield one of our best ratings in that area with a grade of A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are relatively minor. The city also fared well in the area of long-term care with a B. In our final two categories, the city received a C for its nursing score and a C for short-term care.