Overview
Life Care Center of Morehead has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Kentucky average of 3.0. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Morehead. Its strongest area is staffing (4 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.5 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 66% of nursing homes in Kentucky (the state average is 4.0 hours). Of that, 0.9 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on March 19, 2026, found 3 health deficiencies, more than the Kentucky average of 2.9. 1 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $15,334 in the past three years.
Life Care Center of Morehead is a for-profit facility with 97 certified beds, caring for about 88 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1979.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 79%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- March 19, 2026
- Health deficiencies cited
- 3
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 1
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $15,334
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 1
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.55 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.86 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.60 hrs
- Nurse aides2.09 hrs
- Physical therapists0.03 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Certified beds
- 97
- Average residents per day
- 88
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- February 1, 1979
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes