With a population of 9,051 , Jonesboro, Louisiana is a small city. There are just 2 nursing homes in the city, which does not give you too many options. Despite only having a couple of nursing homes, this city's nursing homes received a strong city grade of B+. In fact, this city's city grade was far better than the city grade of nursing homes in the local city of Bossier City. While the nursing homes in Bossier City are not that bad, we found Jonesboro to be in a totally different league. The best aspect of this city's impressive report card is its nursing homes' inspection scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, many of the nursing homes in Jonesboro performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded the city an A+ for this category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. In addition, Jonesboro also really excelled in the area of long-term care, where it received an A-. Rounding out its profile, Jonesboro earned grades of B and D for our nursing and short-term care categories respectively. For the most part, we were impressed with this place's category scores, but it didn't perform well in the area of short-term care. This may be an issue for those looking for a rehabilitation facility in the city.