How do I confirm a Louisville assisted living community is licensed?
Open the Kentucky Office of Inspector General's monthly Assisted Living Community Directory at chfs.ky.gov and find the community by name and city; the listing shows its license type (ALC, ALC-BH or ALC-DC), license number, unit count, administrator and license expiration date.
OIG updates its directories at the beginning of each month as downloadable PDF and Excel files. Our assisted living roster is generated from the same file and lets you sort and filter it. Check three things: that the license type matches what the community says it provides (a community promising medication administration should hold ALC-BH or ALC-DC), that the license is current (a status of “Pending Renewal” is common on the roster and usually means paperwork is in process, but ask), and that the address on the license is the building you toured.
Where can I see inspection reports for Louisville nursing homes and personal care homes?
OIG publishes nursing home inspection findings by year, and personal care home findings since 2024, through its GenSearch database linked from the “Nursing Home Inspection Findings” page; CMS Care Compare adds federal star ratings and inspection summaries for every Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing home.
Care Compare shows the CMS overall rating plus separate health inspection, staffing and quality-measure ratings, the date of the latest standard health survey, deficiency counts, fines and payment denials. Our facility pages reproduce those CMS figures for each certified Louisville-area nursing home and label them as CMS's, because CMS is the only body that rates nursing homes. We never compute our own score.
Are Kentucky assisted living inspection reports online?
Not in a searchable database. Kentucky assisted living licensure reviews are not part of OIG's GenSearch findings, but KRS 194A.707(10) requires the cabinet to make findings from each community's most recent licensure review available to the public.
In practice, ask the community directly for its most recent OIG findings and plan of correction. A well-run community will hand them over. If it will not, contact OIG's Division of Health Care (502-564-7963) and ask how to obtain the findings. Remember the routine review cycle is 24 months, so also ask whether OIG has made any complaint visits since the last full review.
What should I look for once I have a facility's record?
Read what was cited, not how many citations there were: one finding about an injured resident matters more than five about paperwork, and the same finding repeated across inspections signals a pattern rather than an incident.
- Match the license to the need. A parent who needs insulin given should not move into a social-model ALC.
- Compare the licensee to the brand. The OIG roster names the licensee and administrator; marketing often uses a different name.
- Look at dates. An expiration date in the past, or a CMS survey more than two years old, deserves a question.
- For nursing homes, check staffing and turnover alongside the star rating; CMS publishes both.
At a glance
| These sources tell you | These sources do not tell you | |
|---|---|---|
| OIG facility directories | License type, number, capacity, expiration, administrator | Inspection results |
| OIG GenSearch findings | Nursing home and personal care home inspection findings | Assisted living licensure reviews |
| CMS Care Compare | Star ratings, staffing, deficiencies, fines for certified nursing homes | Anything about assisted living or personal care homes |
| The community itself | Its latest OIG review and plan of correction, if you ask | An independent judgment |
Sources include KRS Chapter 194A, 902 KAR 20:480, Kentucky CHFS and DMS pages, CareScout and VA rate tables as cited above; see our editorial standards.
