The home failed to keep residents’ personal and medical records private and confidential. Cited March 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 583 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
Nursing home report
Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care
Mount Vernon, KY · Medicare-certified · 143 beds
In good standing
Non-profit
5 of 5 overall
Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, with strong quality measures and a 4-star health inspection rating. Staffing is rated 3 stars, though reported nurse staffing is 6.81 hours per resident per day, above the federal benchmark of 4.1; there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
6.8118 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: March 26, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 6.8118.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 2.27
- Licensed practical nurses
- 1.72
- Nurse aides
- 2.82
- Weekend nursing
- 5.89
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 30%
Registered nurse turnover: 20%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
8.4%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
0.4%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
9.9%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
3.8%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
2.2%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0.2%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
11.9%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
43.1%Worsening
Residents with a long-term catheter
10.9%Improving
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
2.4%Steady
Residents with depressive symptoms
1.3%Worsening
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
91.9%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
95.1%Improving
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
69.6%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
75%Improving
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to post its nurse staffing information every day, so families could not easily see daily staffing levels. Cited March 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 732 — 42 CFR §483.35(i) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to ensure a working call system was available in each resident’s bathroom and bathing area. Cited March 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 919 — 42 CFR §483.90 — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to properly screen residents for mental health or intellectual disability needs before or during admission. Cited August 2018 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 645 — 42 CFR §483.20 — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Occupancy
- 113.1 residents on an average day (79% of 143 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 46 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.