With a population of 28,025 , Shelbyville, Kentucky is a small city. There are just 2 nursing homes in the city, which doesn't offer you too many choices. This city's nursing homes received a top-notch city grade of A-, so what this city lacks in quantity, it makes up for by having high quality nursing homes. In fact, Shelbyville is one of the top ten rated cities in all of Kentucky. The best aspect of this city's strong profile is its nursing homes' inspection ratings. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
To go along with its great overall grade, we awarded this city an A+ for our inspections category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. The city also performed remarkably well in the area of long-term care, where it received a grade of A- for this category. Wrapping up its strong profile, this place earned a B for its short-term care score and a B in nursing. This city didn't have any weak links based on our assessment.