Nursing home report
OWENSBORO, KY · Medicare-certified · 18 beds
CARMEL HOME (Owensboro, KY) has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, with 4-star health inspection and quality ratings and no fines in the last 24 months. Staffing is not rated, and recent inspection issues included RN coverage/director of nursing, food handling, and daily staffing information posting.
Health inspections
Staffing
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports not reported.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to have a registered nurse on duty enough hours each day and to keep a registered nurse as the full-time director of nursing. Cited February 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 727 — 42 CFR §483.35 — S/S: F
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited February 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
The nursing home failed to post its nurse staffing information every day, so families could not easily see daily staffing levels. Cited February 2024 — widespread issue, minimal harm.
F-Tag 732 — 42 CFR §483.35(i) — S/S: C
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
On record with Medicare: 4 fines · $40,173 in total fines · 1 payment denial.
Federal fine
Feb 20, 2024
Medicare/Medicaid payment denial
Feb 15, 2024
Federal fine
Feb 15, 2024
Federal fine
Feb 12, 2024
Federal fine
Jan 22, 2024
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
