CMS Care Compare · 2026 1 nursing homes Kentucky

Laurel County, Kentucky

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County inventory for Laurel 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 Laurel County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 1 nursing home - CareScout 2025 Kentucky medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet KY-LAUREL-KENTUCKY · Laurel, KY

NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-HIGH · HH-SMALL · RANK-TAIL · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-ONE 1 home
  • BEDS-FEW 160 beds
  • STAR-HIGH 5.0★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 2 HH
  • RANK-TAIL #2,447/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,528/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 1/1 NH · 2/2 HH

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 Laurel County

Home-health coverage is the standout for Laurel County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 1 nursing home and 160 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 5.0/5 on rated homes.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Kentucky medians run 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. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts skew stronger here (1 at 5★). Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (100% of 1 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Laurel Heights Home for the Elderly. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$5,528
Assisted Living / mo
$9,718
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$6,197
Home Care / mo
5.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Laurel County

1 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Laurel Heights Home for the Elderly London 5/5 160 Non profit - Corporation

Home Health Agencies in Laurel County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Vna Health at Home 1 London 3.5
Professional Home Health Care, Inc London 3.0

Read next for home-health-dense Laurel

Decode Five-Star for Laurel County homes
Thin-book context for Laurel: What a county-average CMS overall rating does — and does not — tell a family.
Choosing among 1 Laurel County homes
Higher-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Laurel
Home-health-dense path: Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Laurel County planning
Home-health-dense path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

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 Laurel County.