Nursing home
Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
9600 Lamborne Boulevard, Louisville, KY 40272 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Principle Long Term Care (44 facilities) · 128 certified beds
Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Louisville, Kentucky. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.70 hours per resident per day, below the Kentucky average of 4.01. Its most recent inspection on May 15, 2025 cited 7 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center compares
This facility vs. the Kentucky and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Kentucky avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.70 | 4.01 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.50 | 0.77 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.53 | 2.43 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 35.5% | 46.7% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 7.0 | 3.4 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the May 15, 2025 inspection was corrected by June 13, 2025
What inspectors found at Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 10 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 14, 2020 - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 14, 2020 - Potential for harm
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 13, 2018
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 9600 Lamborne Boulevard
Louisville, KY 40272 - CMS certification #
- 185288
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 128
- Avg residents/day
- 114.4
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1991-09-01
- Chain
- Principle Long Term Care (44 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Principle Long Term Care
Principle Long Term Care operates 44 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Principle Long Term Care facilities →
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
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Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Norton Hospitals, Inc, Louisville. 9.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Park Terrace Health Campus, Louisville. 1.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Amedisys Sp-Ky, LLC Dba Adoration Home Health, Louisville. 1.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walmart Pharmacy. 2.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 40272 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Trilogy Dialysis-Park Terrace, Louisville, 1.3 miles away, straight line
Davita Louisville Dialysis, Louisville, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Southwest, Valley Station, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 40272.
Hosparus, Inc, office in Louisville, 12.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Hosparus Southern Indiana, office in New Albany, 15.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Gentiva I, office in Jeffersonville, 16.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- University Of Louisville Physicians Inc, Louisville. 6.8 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire very low, tornado very high, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center staffed?
Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center reports 3.70 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Kentucky average of 4.01.
Has Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 7 deficiencies.
How many beds does Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center have?
Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is certified for 128 beds.