Life Care Center of Morehead: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Life Care Center of Morehead is a 97-bed for-profit nursing home in Morehead, Kentucky, part of Life Care Centers of America. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.07 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 12% below the Kentucky average of 2.36, and 38.7% nursing staff turnover (Kentucky average 46.4%).
Life Care Center of Morehead
933 North Tolliver RoadMorehead, KY 40351
Rowan 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 Life Care Center of Morehead, nurse aides logged 2.07 hours per resident per day, 12% below the Kentucky average. With about 88 residents a day, that works out to roughly 182 aide hours a day, or about 23 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) | 2.07 | 2.36 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.59 | 0.80 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.48 | 3.95 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.02 | 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
38.7% of nursing staff at Life Care Center of Morehead left over the year CMS measured, against a Kentucky average of 46.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 26.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 19, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 health deficiencies (Kentucky average 2.9). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $15,334 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2025 | Fine | $15,334 |
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. Life Care Center of Morehead holds 2 of 5 overall; the Kentucky average is 3.0.
About Life Care Center of Morehead
- Ownership: For profit - Individual
- Chain: Life Care Centers of America, 194 homes
- Legal name: Campbell/Preston Medical Investors, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 1, 1979
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Life Care Center of Morehead
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Ridgeway Nursing & Rehabilitation Facility Owingsville | 17.8 | 99 | 2.67 | 3.97 | 47.8% | 3 | None |
| Elliott Nursing and Rehabilitation Sandy Hook | 18.1 | 75 | 1.92 | 3.21 | 48.3% | 4 | $12,844 |
| West Liberty Nursing and Rehabilitation West Liberty | 20.4 | 48 | 2.01 | 3.18 | 54.8% | 3 | None |
| Menifee Meadows Nursing & Rehab LLC Frenchburg | 21.5 | 60 | 2.43 | 3.66 | 55.7% | 3 | None |
| Pioneer Trace Group LLC Flemingsburg · abuse citation | 24.0 | 92 | 2.11 | 3.42 | 40.3% | 1 | $160,626 |
| Vanceburg Hills Vanceburg | 27.8 | 94 | 2.08 | 3.31 | 40.5% | 3 | $10,527 |
| Carter Nursing and Rehabilitation Grayson · abuse citation | 28.8 | 120 | 2.13 | 3.21 | 68.5% | 1 | $18,000 |
| Mt. Sterling Health & Rehab, LLC Mount Sterling | 29.9 | 144 | 2.65 | 3.85 | 50.0% | 1 | $13,520 |
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.