With a population of 171,802 people, Escondido, California is relatively large city. There are 7 nursing homes in the city, which should give you a variety of options to choose from. We awarded the nursing homes here a superb city grade of A-, which is quite an accomplishment when you look at the number of facilities here. In fact, Escondido is one of the 500 best cities in the entire nation. This is impressive given that we ranked thousands of cities around the country. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its nursing homes' inspection reports, which you can find in the next section.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, most of the facilities in Escondido performed especially well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received virtually perfect inspection reports this year. Consequently, the city received one of our highest grades in that area with an A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively insignificant. Escondido performed spectacularly well in our short-term care category as well. Consequently, Escondido received a grade of A- in that area. Wrapping up its phenomenal profile, this place received an A- for nursing and a B+ in long-term care.