There are just 2 nursing homes in Demotte, Indiana, providing for a relatively small population of 13,565 people. With a city grade of B-, you ought to be able to find a decent facility here. In fact, this city's city grade far surpassed the city grade of nursing homes in the nearby city of Gary. While this grade are not terrible, we found Demotte to be on a whole other level. One of the better aspects of this place's profile is its nursing homes' impressive inspection ratings, which is addressed in the following section.
While this city's nursing homes received a middle of the road overall grade, its inspection grade is notably better than its overall grade. Due to some of its facilities receiving strong inspection reports this year, Demotte received one of our higher grades in that category with a grade of B+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are quite insignificant. In addition, the city also excelled in the area of government short-term care with a B+. Wrapping up its profile, we gave the city grades of B and D for our nursing and long-term care categories respectively. Despite otherwise strong category grades, this city's weak short-term care score may be concerning for many prospective residents.