Hardin County, Kentucky
County inventory for Hardin County, Kentucky is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Home-health agency signature
2 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Hardin County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 7 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Kentucky medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet KY-HARDIN-KENTUCKY · Hardin, KY
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 7 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 614 beds
- STAR-MID 3.4★ avg
- HH-SMALL 2 HH
- RANK-HIGH #438/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Johnson
- AL-MID $5,528/mo
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 NH · 2/2 HH
Photo-finish peer: Johnson County, IA (0 NH count).
Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.
What a dense home-health map shows for Hardin County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Hardin County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 7 nursing homes and 614 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.4/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Kentucky medians: assisted living $5,528/mo, semi-private nursing $9,718/mo, private nursing $11,254/mo, home health aide $6,197/mo, adult day $1,907/mo. Local Hardin providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Hardin County break as 1 at 1★, 1 at 2★, 2 at 3★, 3 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (57% of 7 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Baptist Health Hardin, Helmwood Healthcare, Signature Healthcare of Elizabethtown. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Hardin, KY
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 5★
- 2 5★
- 3 5★
- 4 3★
- 5 3★
Nursing Homes in Hardin County
7 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Hardin | Elizabethtown | 5/5 | 15 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Helmwood Healthcare | Elizabethtown | 5/5 | 60 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Signature Healthcare of Elizabethtown | Elizabethtown | 5/5 | 124 | For profit - Corporation |
| Radcliff Veterans Center | Radcliff | 3/5 | 120 | Government - State |
| Signature Healthcare at North Hardin Rehab & Welln | Radcliff | 3/5 | 148 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Kensington Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Elizabethtown | 2/5 | 82 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Elizabethtown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Elizabethtown | 1/5 | 65 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
Home Health Agencies in Hardin County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Caretenders | Elizabethtown | 3.5 |
| Centerwell Home Health | Elizabethtown | 3.0 |
Read next for home-health-dense Hardin
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Hardin County, KY, both outside KY so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Kentucky overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (7 here).
Continue on the Kentucky elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Kentucky state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).
Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Hardin County.