There are just 2 nursing homes located in Morganfield, Kentucky, servicing a relatively small population of 8,324 people. We awarded the nursing homes in this city a world class city grade of A-. Even with only a couple of nursing homes, this is still a great achievement. We also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Paducah, which received a city grade of B-. While there's nothing wrong with this grade, we found Morganfield to be on a whole other level. Lastly, Morganfield is also one of the top 500 cities in the United States.
In addition to having excellent nursing homes on the whole, this city really excelled in the area of inspections, where we gave it an A. Not many cities fared this well in this category. Our inspection ratings are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. We also awarded this city a grade of A- for our short-term care category. Rounding out its excellent profile, this place received an A- for its long-term care score and a B+ for nursing.