Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is a 128-bed for-profit nursing home in Louisville, Kentucky, part of Venza Care Management. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.24 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% below the Kentucky average of 2.36, and 37.6% nursing staff turnover (Kentucky average 46.4%).
Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
9600 Lamborne BoulevardLouisville, KY 40272
Jefferson County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.24 hours per resident per day, 5% below the Kentucky average. With about 114 residents a day, that works out to roughly 255 aide hours a day, or about 32 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 15% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kentucky avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.24 | 2.36 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.61 | 0.80 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.51 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.36 | 3.95 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.87 | 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
37.6% of nursing staff at Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Kentucky average of 46.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 36.4%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 15, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (Kentucky average 2.9). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Kentucky average is 3.0.
About Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Venza Care Management, 25 homes
- Legal name: Essex SNF Operations LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 1, 1991
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Park Terrace Health Campus Louisville | 1.3 | 88 | 1.95 | 3.57 | 33.8% | 4 | None |
| Signature Healthcare of South Louisville Louisville | 2.4 | 100 | 2.05 | 3.87 | 46.8% | 4 | None |
| Parkwood Health & Rehabilitation Louisville | 4.0 | 118 | 1.90 | 3.04 | 54.2% | 1 | $10,209 |
| Signature Healthcare at Rockford Rehab & Wellness Louisville | 4.5 | 110 | 2.06 | 3.65 | 43.0% | 5 | None |
| Signature Healthcare at Summerfield Rehab & Wellne Louisville | 5.3 | 165 | 1.99 | 3.98 | 64.7% | 2 | $182,488 |
| Franciscan Health Care Center Louisville | 7.0 | 87 | 2.14 | 4.20 | 43.6% | 3 | None |
| Regency Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Louisvile | 7.8 | 110 | 1.81 | 3.22 | 36.6% | 3 | $10,039 |
| Wesley Manor Louisville | 8.0 | 68 | 2.55 | 4.04 | 27.0% | 4 | None |
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.