With just four nursing homes in the city, you only have a couple of options to choose from in Huntsville, Alabama. This city received a city grade of B based on its overall nursing home quality. This is an average city grade nationally, which is nothing to be ashamed of. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
Part of the reason this city performed well overall is that many of its facilities fared well in the area of health inspections with a B+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite insignificant. In addition, the city also received an impressive long-term care score with a B+ in this category. Wrapping up its quality report card, the city earned favorable grades in our nursing and short-term care areas as well.