With eight nursing homes in Carmichael, California, you should look at multiple options before making a decision. With a city grade of B, this city ought to have some good nursing homes. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Rancho Cordova. We found the facilities in Carmichael to be rated much higher than the ones in Rancho Cordova. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing homes' inspection grades, which we will address in the next paragraph.
This city's nursing homes received a strong overall grade, but we also wanted to emphasize that some of the city's facilities received almost flawless health inspections the past few years. We awarded Carmichael an elite grade of A- for this area. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. In addition, Carmichael also received one of our better grades in our nursing category, with a grade of B+. In the other categories we looked at, Carmichael received a B+ for its short-term care grade and a C for long-term care.