Helmwood Healthcare is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1987-01-26. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (270) 737-2738 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Helmwood Healthcare holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (5★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 77.0/100, placing it #5022 of 14703 facilities nationally and #80 of 268 in Kentucky. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Helmwood Healthcare receives a reported average of 3 hours 35 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 34 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 3 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 58 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 5 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 55.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Helmwood Healthcare has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 2.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Helmwood Healthcare ranks 5022nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 77.0/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within KY, it ranks 80th out of 268 nursing homes. In Elizabethtown, it ranks 3rd out of 5 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,232 nationally and RN hours rank #7,431 nationally (#163 in KY). Our composite quality score of 77.0/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Elizabethtown, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kentucky/elizabethtown/