With 110,851 people, Costa Mesa, California is an average size city. Surprisingly, there are just 3 nursing homes in the city, which is not quite as many as we expected in a city of this size. The small number of nursing homes here received a city grade of C, which is not a great grade at the city level. Nationally, most cities received a higher grade than this place. Please continue reading to find more information about how this city's nursing homes performed in our category grades.
It should also be noted that this city's nursing rating was better than its overall grade. In fact, we awarded Costa Mesa a grade of B in this category, which is one of our better scores. In calculating our short-term care scores, we look at a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This score is generally a fair assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. In addition, Costa Mesa also received favorable government inspections in recent years. As a result, we awarded it one of our better grades in that category, with a B. In the other categories we looked at, Costa Mesa earned middle of the road grades for our nursing and long-term care categories.