Owensboro, Kentucky is a medium size city with 81,349 people. The city has 6 nursing homes, which is a reasonable number for a city of this size. Impressively, this city's nursing homes received a very good city grade of B+. Even in a state with many excellent places to find nursing homes, we ranked this city as one of the top twenty five rated cities in Kentucky. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to having excellent nursing homes overall, this place really excelled in the category of inspections, where it received a grade of A. Not many cities fared this well in this area. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area typically have few severe deficiencies. Owensboro also excelled in the area of health long-term care with a grade of B+. In the last two categories, we gave Owensboro a grade of B for its short-term care rating and a B- in nursing.