With 56,505 people, Colton, California is a relatively small city. Unfortunately, there is just one nursing home in the city. Unfortunately, this nursing home did not fare well in our assessment. We gave it a grade of D, which is an abysmal score. Nationally, most nursing homes received a much better score than this facility. If you aren't deterred by this facility's report card, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category grades. This city's nursing homes actually received a strong grade in the category of inspections for example.
Despite receiving a terrible overall grade, this city's only nursing home performed remarkably well in the area of inspections. As a result, it received one of our best ratings in this area with a grade of A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. Colton received its second highest score in the area of short-term care. We gave this facility a B- in this category, which is a decent grade. In the last two categories, the city received terrible grades for our nursing and long-term care categories respectively.