Glasgow State Nursing Facility

Glasgow, Kentucky

CMW has designed a new 100-bed Skilled Nursing facility in Glasgow, Kentucky for the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health & Family Services. Gov. Steve Beshear, Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) Secretary Janie Miller, and officials from the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (BHDID), gathered on May 11, 2011 for the official groundbreaking of a new facility for people receiving services at Glasgow State Nursing Facility. Residents at the Glasgow State Nursing Facility will move into the new, 100-bed structure, which will be built on the same campus as the current facility. Glasgow State is a licensed, state-owned and operated long-term care center for individuals with mental illness who need both mental health treatment and skilled nursing services. Many of the residents also have intellectual or developmental disabilities. “We have learned much about the role environment plays in the lives of individuals with mental illness and developmental and intellectual disabilities and its influence on therapy and health outcomes,” said Gov. Beshear. “Our goal is to design a structure that not only provides high-quality health care, but also nurtures and enhances the lives of each person who lives here.” Residents of the facility require a higher level of care than those at most long-term care facilities in the state. Its staff is trained to provide specialized care to support the treatment of individuals with dementia and other mental illnesses and disabilities. Glasgow State Nursing Facility is also the only long-term care facility in Kentucky that has been recognized for its expertise in caring for individuals with Huntington’s disease—a degenerative illness characterized by uncontrollable physical movement and the loss of mental abilities—by the Huntington’s Disease Society of America. “Making this project a reality has been a top priority of mine, and I’m so pl