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Helmwood Health Care

Registered name: Helmwood Healthcare

Elizabethtown, KY · Medicare-certified · 60 beds

In good standing
For-profit
Data as of July 1, 2026
5 of 5 overall

Helmwood Health Care in Elizabethtown, KY has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, with 5-star health inspection results and no fines in the last 24 months. Staffing and quality measures are both 3 out of 5 stars, and reported nurse staffing is 3.66 hours per resident per day versus the 4.1-hour federal benchmark.

Facility ratings

Health inspections

Staffing

3.6648 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

Last inspection: April 25, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.6648.

Staffing detail

Registered nurses
0.61
Licensed practical nurses
1.00
Nurse aides
2.05
Weekend nursing
3.19

Hours per resident per day.

Total staff turnover: 49%
Registered nurse turnover: 14%

Resident outcomes

Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.

Negative outcomes

Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

20.6%11.9%Improving

Residents with a fall causing major injury

0%0%No change

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

6.4%8.4%Worsening

Residents with a urinary tract infection

0%0%No change

Residents who lost too much weight

4.7%11.1%Worsening

Residents who were physically restrained

0%2%Worsening

Residents needing more help with daily activities

29.4%25.6%Improving

Residents whose ability to walk got worse

33.6%

Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

25.6%29.2%Worsening

Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic

0%0%No change

Residents with a long-term catheter

0%1.9%Worsening

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

35.6%37.9%Worsening

Residents with depressive symptoms

26.8%2.1%Improving

Positive outcomes

Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

97.8%

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

93.3%46%Worsening

Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

78%

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

83.7%78.9%Worsening

What the inspectors found

The home failed to complete and keep the resident’s care plan properly prepared, reviewed, and updated by the right health professionals. Cited February 2020 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 657 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(2) — S/S: D

The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited February 2020 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: D

The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited December 2018 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: D

The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited December 2018 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: D

The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited December 2018 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: D

Recent history

  1. STAFFING

    Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.

  2. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.

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  3. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.

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Operator & ownership

Recent ownership change · Jul 1, 2024

Now operated by Helmwood Healthcare, previously Helmwood Healthcare Center.

Ownership
For profit - Limited Liability company
Occupancy
53.2 residents on an average day (89% of 60 beds)
Resident voice
Resident council
Medicare history
Certified for 39 years

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.