Nursing home
Letcher Manor
73 Piedmont Drive, Whitesburg, KY 41858 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Bluegrass Health Ky (15 facilities) · 142 certified beds
Letcher Manor is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Whitesburg, Kentucky. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.42 hours per resident per day, below the Kentucky average of 4.01. Its most recent inspection on Feb 27, 2025 cited 4 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Letcher Manor 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) | 3.42 | 4.01 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.40 | 0.77 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.28 | 2.43 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 47.2% | 46.7% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 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.
What inspectors found at Letcher Manor
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
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 27, 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 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 11 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Apr 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 7, 2019 - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 7, 2019 - Potential for harm
Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 7, 2019 - Potential for harm
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 7, 2019
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
- 73 Piedmont Drive
Whitesburg, KY 41858 - CMS certification #
- 185200
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 142
- Avg residents/day
- 118.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1989-10-02
- Chain
- Bluegrass Health Ky (15 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Bluegrass Health Ky
Bluegrass Health Ky operates 15 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Bluegrass Health Ky facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, transportation, pets allowed
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Letcher Manor says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite – LETCHER MANOR NURSING & REHABILITATION FACILITY
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
AMBULANCE & TRANSPORTATION
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Our amenities are designed to recreate the many comforts of home, including pet-friendly accommodations and comfortable lounges for family gatherings and celebrations.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
FURNISHED PRIVATE & SEMI-PRIVATE ROOMS
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Whitesburg Arh Hospital, Whitesburg. 0.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Norton Community Hospital SNF Unit, Norton. 15.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Whitesburg Arh Hha, Whitesburg. 0.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Wildcat Pharmacy. 11.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 41858 as rural (rural area).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Raven Rock Dialysis, Jenkins, 13.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 1 Medicare hospice tells CMS it serves ZIP code 41858.
Hospice Of The Bluegrass, Inc., office in Hazard, 24.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Tapestry Telehealth PLLC, Pikeville. 28.3 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Whitesburg, KY, risk to homes is greater than 92% of communities in Kentucky and 90% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding very high, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, 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 |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Letcher Manor a good nursing home?
CMS gives Letcher Manor an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Letcher Manor staffed?
Letcher Manor reports 3.42 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Kentucky average of 4.01.
Has Letcher Manor had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Letcher Manor have?
Letcher Manor is certified for 142 beds.