Nursing home report
Paul E. Patton Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center
Registered name: Paul E Patton Eastern KY Veterans Center
Hazard, KY · Medicare-certified · 120 beds
Paul E. Patton Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center has a 5-star overall rating, with 5 stars for health inspections and staffing and 4 stars for quality measures. It reports 5.49 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, above the federal benchmark of 4.1, and has had $0 in fines over the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
5.4906 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 5.4906.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 1.38
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.55
- Nurse aides
- 3.56
- Weekend nursing
- 4.65
Hours per resident per day.
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
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
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
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
What the inspectors found
No inspection deficiencies are on record for this facility.
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Inspection completed with no recorded health deficiencies.
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
See what inspectors found
Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Government - State
- Occupancy
- 94 residents on an average day (78% of 120 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident & family councils
- Medicare history
- Certified for 12 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.