Jeffersontown, one of Jefferson County's largest independent cities, and Fern Creek to its south cover the southeastern suburbs along Taylorsville Road, Watterson Trail and Bardstown Road out toward the Bullitt and Spencer county lines. J-town's Bluegrass Commerce Park makes it an employment center as well as a residential one.
The area has a dense cluster of assisted living licenses, most of them ALC-BH or ALC-DC, and adult day health programs are unusually plentiful here, which helps families who are keeping a parent at home a while longer.
How many licensed senior care options are in Jeffersontown & Fern Creek?
OIG's October 2026 roster lists 13 assisted living licenses (628 licensed units), 2 nursing facilities and 6 adult day health programs in the Jeffersontown & Fern Creek area of Louisville (ZIP codes 40299, 40291).
| Available in Jeffersontown & Fern Creek | Not available in Jeffersontown & Fern Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed here (OIG roster) | Assisted living licenses: 13, Nursing facilities: 2, Family care homes: 2, Adult day health programs: 6, Home care (personal services) agencies: 13 | — |
| Not on the roster here | — | Personal care homes, Personal care beds in LTC campuses, Home health agencies |
| Secured memory care (ALC-DC) | 6 licenses | — |
Licensed home care is also well represented: 13 personal services agencies list an office address here, though agencies serve clients across the county.
Which assisted living and memory care communities are licensed in Jeffersontown & Fern Creek?
Jeffersontown & Fern Creek has 1 social-model ALC, 6 ALC-BH and 6 ALC-DC licenses on OIG's current roster; the largest is Forest Hills Commons with 119 units and the smallest is Forest Hills Common with 20.
| Facility | License type | License # | Licensed capacity | License status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hills Commons 9107 Taylorsville Road, 40299 | ALC-BH | 101270 | 119 units | Active through 04/30/2027 |
| Traditions at Beaumont 10210 Long Home Road, 40291 | ALC | 101503 | 80 units | Active through 07/01/2027 |
| Morning Pointe of Louisville at South Hurstbourne 4701 South Hurstbourne Parkway, 40291 | ALC-BH | 101229 | 73 units | Pending renewal |
| Vitality Living Stoney Brook 3451 S Hurstbourne Parkway, 40299 | ALC-BH | 101451 | 70 units | Active through 06/30/2027 |
| Harmony at Tucker Station 12523 Taylorsville Road, 40299 | ALC-BH | 101356 | 64 units | Active through 06/30/2027 |
| The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer's & Memory 4701 South Hurstbourne Parkway, 40291 | ALC-DC | 101282 | 44 units | Pending renewal |
| Spring House at Louisville 1760 Plantside Drive, 40299 | ALC-BH | 101389 | 30 units | Pending renewal |
| Traditions at Beaumont 10210 Long Home Road, 40291 | ALC-DC | 101597 | 30 units | Pending renewal |
| Harmony at Tucker Station 12523 Taylorsville Road, 40299 | ALC-DC | 101594 | 28 units | Active through 05/30/2027 |
| Spring House at Louisville 1760 Plantside Dr, 40299 | ALC-DC | 101502 | 28 units | Pending renewal |
| Glen Ridge Health Campus 6415 Calm River Way, 40299 | ALC-BH | 100729 | 22 units | Pending renewal |
| Forest Hills Common 9107 Taylorsville Rd, 40299 | ALC-DC | 20 units | Active through 04/30/2027 | |
| Vitality Living Stoney Brook 3451 S Hurstbourne Pkwy, 40299 | ALC-DC | 101560 | 20 units | Active through 03/01/2027 |
What nursing homes serve Jeffersontown & Fern Creek, and how does CMS rate them?
2 nursing facilities are licensed in Jeffersontown & Fern Creek, with 208 licensed beds; 1 of the 2 with a CMS overall rating hold four or five stars from CMS.
| Facility | CMS overall rating | Licensed capacity | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Ridge Health Campus 6415 Calm River Way, 40299 | 3 of 5 | 110 beds | June 18, 2026 | 2 |
| Jeffersontown Rehabilitation 3500 Good Samaritan Way, 40299 | 5 of 5 | 98 beds | January 23, 2026 | 0 |
What other licensed care is based in Jeffersontown & Fern Creek?
Beyond assisted living and nursing homes, the Jeffersontown & Fern Creek area has 2 personal or family care licenses, 6 adult day health programs and 0 home health or hospice licenses on OIG's rosters.
- Blessed Assurance FCH — family care home, 9208 Loch Lea Lane (3 beds)
- Donnell Family Care Home — family care home, 4211 Stone Lakes Drive (3 beds)
- East End Health Club, LLC — adult day health, 5101 Bardstown Road
- Fern Creek/highview United Ministries Adult Day Ce — adult day health, 9300 Beulah Church Road
- Healthy ADHC of Louisville — adult day health, 9131 Fern Creek Road
- Healthy Day Healthcare — adult day health, 9616 Taylorsville Road
- Kaleidoscope, Inc — adult day health, 10330 Bunsen Way
- Spring House Adult Daycare — adult day health, 1760 Plantside Drive
Which hospitals are closest to Jeffersontown & Fern Creek?
Measured from the center of its ZIP codes, the closest acute-care hospitals on Kentucky's OIG hospital roster are Baptist Health Louisville (about 10.4 miles) and Norton Women's and Children's Hospital (about 10.4 miles).
Norton Brownsboro Hospital is about 11.2 miles away. These are straight-line distances between ZIP-code centroids, useful for comparison but not drive times.
