Barstow, California has just two nursing homes to choose from, which is a limited selection. We gave the nursing homes here an excellent city grade of B+. Even with only a few facilities, this is still a great sign. We found this city grade is considerably better than the city grade of B- received by the nearby city of San Bernardino. Both cities received decent grades, but Barstow appears to be on a whole other level. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to having excellent nursing homes on the whole, this city really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few cities performed better in this area. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. In addition, Barstow also received one of our higher grades in our short-term care category, with a B+. Rounding out its profile, this place received a B+ for its nursing grade and a B+ for long-term care. We truly found this place to be very competent in each category we assessed.