Delano, California is a medium size city with 55,659 people. The city features only 2 nursing homes, which doesn't offer you too many options. We gave the nursing homes here a very good city grade of B+. Even with only a few facilities, this is still a high quality city grade. This city has the distinction of being one of the 500 best cities in the entire nation. This is impressive since we assessed thousands of cities around the country. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, most of the facilities in Delano performed spectacularly well in terms of its inspection grade. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received virtually flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, it received one of our highest ratings in that category with an A. Inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this area typically have few of these severe deficiencies. Delano also performed remarkably well in our nursing category, where we gave it a grade of A- for that category. Rounding out its quality profile, the city earned favorable grades in our long-term care and short-term care areas as well.