With 6,623 people, Lafayette, Alabama is a relatively small city. There are only 2 nursing homes there, which doesn't give you too many choices. We gave the nursing homes here an excellent city grade of B+. Even with only a couple of facilities, this is still a high quality city grade. Even in a state with many good cities to find nursing homes, we ranked this city as one of the top twenty five rated cities in Alabama. The best aspect of this city's impressive profile is its nursing homes' inspection ratings. We discuss inspections in the next section
To go along with its great overall grade, we awarded this city an A in our inspections rating. Inspection ratings are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, Lafayette also performed spectacularly well in the area of long-term care, where it received an A- for this area. Finally, the city earned a B+ for its nursing rating and a B- for short-term care.