Kingsbrook Lifecare Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2002-07-11. 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 (606) 324-1414 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Kingsbrook Lifecare Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 75.6/100, placing it #5621 of 14703 facilities nationally and #87 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 Kingsbrook Lifecare Center receives a reported average of 5 hours 13 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 49 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 13 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 10 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 41 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 27.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $11,154. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $11,154, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 27.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Kingsbrook Lifecare Center ranks 5621st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 75.6/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within KY, it ranks 87th out of 268 nursing homes. In Ashland, it ranks 1st out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #914 nationally and RN hours rank #3,476 nationally (#83 in KY). Our composite quality score of 75.6/100 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 Ashland, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kentucky/ashland/