With 28,052 people, Waynesville, North Carolina is a small city. There are just 3 nursing homes there, which does not give you too many options. The nursing homes here received a strong city grade of B+. Even with just a couple of facilities, this is still a high quality city grade. It is also worth noting that this city's city grade was even better than the city grade of facilities in the nearby city of Knoxville. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
On top of having excellent nursing homes on the whole, this city's nursing homes really excelled in the category of inspections, where it received a grade of A+. Very few cities earned a better grade in this area. Arguably the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. The city also received an impressive short-term care rating where it earned a grade of B+ in this category. Lastly, this place received a B for its long-term care score and a grade of C in the area of nursing.