Sam Swope Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1993-11-08. 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 (502) 897-4907 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Sam Swope Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (4★), 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 79.8/100, placing it #3799 of 14703 facilities nationally and #68 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 Sam Swope Care Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 59 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 43 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 15 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 1 minute. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 29 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 46.5%. 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 $14,859. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $14,859, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 102.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Sam Swope Care Center ranks 3799th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 79.8/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within KY, it ranks 68th out of 268 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,241 nationally and RN hours rank #4,693 nationally (#102 in KY). Our composite quality score of 79.8/100 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 Masonic Home, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kentucky/masonic-home/