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10 Best Nursing Homes in Harlan County, KY

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Harlan County is home to many senior care options, including nursing homes. The term “nursing home” is often used as a catchall for any type of senior care. But it can also refer to actual nursing homes, or skilled nursing facilities, which provide the highest level of medical and rehabilitative care outside of a hospital. Of the 60 nursing homes, assisted living, and memory care communities in Harlan County, the best fit for your loved one will depend on their budget and needs. The cost of nursing home care in Harlan County is about $4,340, but costs tend to increase as care needs increase. To learn more, browse our 205 reviews and explore the services and amenities available in your area.

 

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Nursing Homes Facilities near Harlan County, KY

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Photo of Brookdale Colonial Heights
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11 Floor plan available
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9.7
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Brookdale Colonial Heights is a very nice place. It's small and personal and meets mom's needs. Good staff and workers. Everyone has made mom feel at home and welcomed. They have been very helpful. The...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Do you want to redefine what it means to be independent? When you move into our assisted living and memory care community in Kingsport, Tennessee, you can experience just that. Because we take care of all the cooking, cleaning, laundry and other household chores, you suddenly get a whole lot of...
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Photo of Brookdale Rock Springs
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33 Floor plans available
9.5
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47 reviews
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47 reviews
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Embrace the Golden YearsYou should never have to settle for a dull and drab retirement when you can have a senior living experience rich in adventure and excitement here at our assisted living community in Kingsport, Tennessee. Our warm and welcoming community gives you the opportunity to embrace...
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9.3
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We are very pleased with American House. Our family member seems very happy there. The facility is vey pleasant and the staff is friendly and caring. This facility seems more reasonably priced than others...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Providing Assisted Living and Memory Care to the Kingsport area.
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Photo of Brookdale Kingsport
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33 Floor plans available
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9.2
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
An Elevated LifestyleIf you want to wake up each morning knowing the burdens of everyday life are off your plate, then our assisted living community in Kingsport, Tennessee might just be the place for you. Tucked on a hilltop with beautiful views of East Tennessee, this community gives you...
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8.9
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It's a very nice place for someone with dementia, which my aunt had. My uncle died within a week of arriving there and my aunt fell about 2 months later and fractured her hip, so she left there and passed...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
In 2003, the Village at Allandale, formerly Kingsport Senior House, opened its doors as Kingsport Senior House, a single home for 26 seniors. The 2010 expansion added two family oriented homes with 26 elders residing in each. Today, we are proud to be the only assisted living facility in the...
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22 Floor plans available
8.9
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5s across the board. Our experience at Preston Place 2 has been above and beyond what I expected. The staff are amazing and mom is content. I would recommend this community to other families based on the...
Provides: Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Photo of The Blake at Kingsport
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12 reviews
8.4
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The staff is very helpful and friendly. They are very good about communicating with the family about your loved one, and you can call and ask about them any time. The move-in process is smooth, but be ready...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Just off Fort Henry Drive and nestled on a hillside, The Blake at Kingsport offers resort-style hospitality and retirement service embracing the spirit of the Tennessee lifestyle with outstanding architecture, food, social life and cultural experiences. Surrounded by abundant opportunities for...
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All is going well. we are happy with Dewitt Place. Friendliness and the activities that are available for the residents were the main things that stuck out about this facility over others. They are always...
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Built on a hilltop with the Great Smokey Mountains, Cherokee Lake and Douglas Lake as a scenic backdrop, TerraBella Morristown is the perfect choice for you or your loved one who appreciates both the small-town hospitality and the beauty our area is known for. Minutes from historic downtown...
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The decorations, especially what the activity director gal is able to do around the holidays is just wonderful. The porch and the surrounding grounds with all the place is super nice. Based on what our loved...
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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While my mother was here everything was actually excellent. I was very pleased with the staff, the nurses, and the food services. Since we had a specific budget this facility didn’t have a base fee then...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Situated on 9 beautiful acres of land in the heart of downtown, Regency Retirement Village offers all the warmth of small town living with access to all Morristown has to offer. The lovely community offers Independent Living and Assisted Living apartments, as well as The Renaissance...
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Photo of The Laurels
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Generation Ctr of Middlesboro
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Signature Lifestyles of Rogersville
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Laurel Creek Health Care Center
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Wellmont Madison House
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Asbury at Steadman Hill is a dedicated assisted living and memory care facility that is part of Asbury Place Kingsport, a broader senior living community. This community offers specialized care and support for individuals with varying needs, particularly focusing on those requiring assistance...
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Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
At Brookhaven Manor, we are committed to providing quality services to all our residents and their families in the idyllic town of Kingsport, Tennessee. We offer exceptional short-term rehabilitation as well as a range of specialty programs and complex clinical services. We also provide a full...

Cost of nursing homes in Harlan County, KY

The average cost of senior living in Harlan County is $4,340 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Hazard, KY with an average of $2,600 per month.

Average monthly cost of Nursing Homes in Harlan County, KY vs. nearby counties

Harlan County, KY
$4,340/mo
$4,200/mo
$4,225/mo

Average monthly cost of Nursing Homes in Harlan County, KY vs. the state and national average

Harlan County, KY
$4,340/mo
U.S. national average
$4,986/mo

Average monthly cost of Nursing Homes in Harlan County vs. other types of senior living

$4,350/mo
Nursing Homes
$4,340/mo

Median monthly costs of Nursing Homes in Harlan County, KY by room type

Semi-Private
$3,617/mo
Studio
$4,863/mo
1 Bedroom
$6,090/mo
2 Bedroom
$7,650/mo

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Planning ahead can better position you to make good choices for your loved one’s care in the future. But if your aging family member needs care now, there are ways to finance the cost of long-term care through a combination of approaches.

What families are saying about nursing homes in Harlan County

Recent reviews for nursing homes in Harlan County

The Village At Allandale in Kingsport, TN

4.6
Staff have always treated her with respect and kindness. They are all very responsive to my questions and calls when checking in on her. They keep me well informed of changes with her medication, doctor visits or if she has an accident. Mom complains some but she eats it. I think it more ...
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Brookdale Kingsport

5.0
Everything here is a 5 except the food. Staff is great, caring and helpful. Very clean and activity director is great. The food is repetitive and bland . Meals are not served hot . All In all, I'm pleased with the facility. I would recommend this assisted living facility to anyone who needs ...
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Preston Place Suites in Kingsport, TN

5.0
The staff do an incredible job keeping the community clean, and they really took to our loved one fairly quickly we have not had any problems with their friendliness. They have continued to just go above and beyond for us. The activities director is wonderful, she has many different things going ...
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Harlan County nursing homes services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Harlan County nursing homes communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Harlan County, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select care services in Harlan County nursing homes

Nursing homes communities offer a variety of care services and visiting health care providers to meet seniors’ health needs. The chart below shows the percentage of nursing homes partners in Harlan County that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Harlan County, KYNational
Full medication management
Full medication management
28.1%
2.4%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
28.1%
9.5%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
81.3%
26%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
81.3%
26.6%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
37.5%
9.7%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
6.3%
0.8%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
81.3%
22.8%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
34.4%
6.9%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
43.8%
17.3%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in Harlan County nursing homes

Our community partners provide many services to keep residents with dementia or other memory concerns safe and engaged. Below, take a look at what percentage of Harlan County Nursing Homes partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Harlan County, KYNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
37.5%
3.8%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
15.6%
0.2%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
21.9%
5.4%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
9.4%
1.2%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Harlan County nursing homes

Nursing homes communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Harlan County partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Harlan County, KYNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
12.5%
0.5%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
21.9%
1.4%
No sugar
No sugar
18.8%
1.4%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
25%
3.5%
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Availability of select dining options in Harlan County nursing homes

Our nursing homes communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Harlan County communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Harlan County, KYNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
6.3%
0.2%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
18.8%
0.5%
Room service
Room service
15.6%
0.4%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
3.1%
0.7%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Harlan County nursing homes

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered nursing homes communities in Harlan County offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Harlan County, KYNational
Activity director
Activity director
21.9%
0.4%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
15.6%
0.2%
Community service programs
Community service programs
9.4%
0.3%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
34.4%
6.4%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
21.9%
0.4%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
40.6%
6.5%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
21.9%
0.4%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
15.6%
0.2%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
18.8%
0.3%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
21.9%
0.4%
Live performances
Live performances
21.9%
0.4%
Dances
Dances
18.8%
0.2%
Fitness center
Fitness center
18.8%
0.3%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
21.9%
0.4%
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Brookdale Colonial Heights, Brookdale Rock Springs and American House Kingsport are the top-rated nursing homes facilities near Harlan County, Kentucky. See full list of communities.

There are 60 nursing homes facilities near Harlan County, Kentucky. See the full list.

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