Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care is a 143-bed nonprofit nursing home in Mount Vernon, Kentucky. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.03 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 28% above the Kentucky average of 2.36, and 26.1% nursing staff turnover (Kentucky average 46.4%).
Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care
145 Newcomb AvenueMount Vernon, KY 40456
Rockcastle 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 Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care, nurse aides logged 3.03 hours per resident per day, 28% above the Kentucky average. With about 114 residents a day, that works out to roughly 345 aide hours a day, or about 43 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kentucky avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.03 | 2.36 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.67 | 0.80 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 2.34 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 7.05 | 3.95 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 6.06 | 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
26.1% of nursing staff at Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care left over the year CMS measured, against a Kentucky average of 46.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 15.6%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 26, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 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. Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care holds 5 of 5 overall; the Kentucky average is 3.0.
About Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 25, 1980
- Located inside a hospital
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Rockcastle Health & Rehabilitation Center Brodhead | 5.7 | 104 | 1.98 | 3.56 | 48.5% | 2 | $15,646 |
| The Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Berea | 16.4 | 102 | 2.53 | 3.92 | 41.2% | 4 | None |
| Berea Health and Rehabilitation Berea | 16.9 | 84 | 2.36 | 3.91 | 55.2% | 3 | $16,801 |
| Laurel Heights Home for the Elderly London | 20.6 | 160 | 2.45 | 4.10 | 32.1% | 5 | None |
| Signature Healthcare at Jackson Manor Rehab and We Annville | 20.9 | 51 | 2.33 | 4.04 | 75.0% | 3 | None |
| Stanford Crossing Stanford · SFF candidate | 22.2 | 128 | 2.06 | 3.45 | 53.0% | 1 | $26,685 |
| Landmark of Lancaster Rehabilitation and Nursing C Lancaster | 22.8 | 96 | 2.14 | 3.35 | 26.6% | 2 | None |
| Cumberland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Somerset | 23.7 | 93 | 2.03 | 3.40 | 29.4% | 2 | 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.