Bourbon Heights Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Bourbon Heights Nursing Home is a 99-bed nonprofit nursing home in Paris, Kentucky. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.26 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 38% above the Kentucky average of 2.36, and 58.0% nursing staff turnover (Kentucky average 46.4%).
Bourbon Heights Nursing Home
2000 South Main StreetParis, KY 40361
Bourbon County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
Special Focus Facility candidate. CMS lists this home as a candidate for its Special Focus Facility program, which is for nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues.
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Bourbon Heights Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 3.26 hours per resident per day, 38% above the Kentucky average. With about 79 residents a day, that works out to roughly 257 aide hours a day, or about 32 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kentucky avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.26 | 2.36 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.89 | 0.80 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.60 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.74 | 3.95 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.15 | 3.48 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
58.0% of nursing staff at Bourbon Heights Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Kentucky average of 46.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 61.1%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 19, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 health deficiencies (Kentucky average 2.9). CMS lists 2 fines totaling $57,841 and 2 payment denials in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2024 | Fine | $41,040 |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Payment Denial | 31 days from Dec 25, 2024 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Fine | $16,801 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Payment Denial | 16 days from May 4, 2024 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Bourbon Heights Nursing Home holds 1 of 5 overall; the Kentucky average is 3.0.
About Bourbon Heights Nursing Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Bourbon Heights, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 14, 1991
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Bourbon Heights Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Cedar Ridge Health Campus Cynthiana | 12.5 | 53 | 2.09 | 3.99 | 43.9% | 5 | None |
| Edgemont Healthcare Cynthiana · abuse citation | 12.8 | 68 | 2.04 | 2.92 | 100.0% | 1 | $133,225 |
| Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center Winchester | 13.0 | 147 | 2.20 | 3.99 | 43.4% | 2 | None |
| Harrison Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Cynthiana | 13.5 | 54 | 1.82 | 3.18 | — | 1 | $34,409 |
| The Willows at Citation Lexington | 14.2 | 54 | 1.87 | 4.04 | 38.5% | 4 | None |
| Dover Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Georgetown | 14.3 | 85 | 2.61 | 4.04 | 58.6% | 1 | $163,742 |
| Willowbrook Healthcare Carlisle | 14.5 | 71 | 4.36 | 5.93 | — | — | None |
| The Willows at Hamburg Lexington | 14.7 | 64 | 3.06 | 5.24 | 43.4% | 3 | $61,627 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.