Telford Terrace is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2003-11-24. 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 (859) 626-5200 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Telford Terrace holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (1★), 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 73.9/100, placing it #6447 of 14703 facilities nationally and #106 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 Telford Terrace receives a reported average of N/A of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — N/A; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — N/A; Nurse Aide — N/A. On weekends, total nurse staffing is N/A per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 91.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 4 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $28,704. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. 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 25.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Telford Terrace ranks 6447th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 73.9/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within KY, it ranks 106th out of 268 nursing homes. In Richmond, it ranks 1st out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2025 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,778 nationally and RN hours rank #3,049 nationally (#56 in KY). Our composite quality score of 73.9/100 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 Richmond, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kentucky/richmond/