Dothan, Alabama offers only three nursing homes to choose from, which is not a ton of options. The nursing homes in this city received a first-rate city grade of A. Even with just a couple of nursing homes, this is still quite an accomplishment. Dothan has the distinction of being one of the ten highest rated cities in all of Alabama. Lastly, this city's category grades were every bit as strong as its overall city grade. You can learn more about these in the next paragraph.
On top of having excellent nursing homes overall, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Not many cities fared this well in this area. Inspection ratings are tied to datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, the city performed extremely well in our long-term care category as well. As a result, it received an A+ in that category. Rounding out its impressive report card, Dothan earned a B+ for its short-term care grade and a B+ in nursing. We really found this city to be very competent in every category.