Anchorage, Alaska has only three nursing homes to choose from, which is not a ton of options. The limited supply of nursing homes here received a strong city grade of B. Finally, Anchorage is actually the second best city in Alaska according to our rankings. The best aspect of this city's strong report card was its nursing homes' short-term care ratings. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
As mentioned above, this city received a great overall grade, but we also wanted to point out that we awarded Anchorage an elite grade of A in the area of short-term care. With a short-term care grade in this range we would expect most of the nursing homes this city to a high functioning physical therapy and rehabilitation program. In addition, the city also really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A-. In the other categories we looked at, Anchorage earned a grade of B for its inspections score and a grade of C for long-term care.