With seven nursing homes in Fremont, California, you ought to assess multiple options before choosing a facility. Remarkably, this place's nursing homes received an excellent city grade of A-. A city grade in this range is uncommon in a city with so many nursing homes. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Cupertino, which received an impressive city grade in its own right. However, we found the facilities in Fremont to be rated even higher than the ones in Cupertino. The best aspect of Fremont's impressive profile was its nursing homes' inspection ratings. We discuss inspections in the next section
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, the nursing homes in Fremont performed especially well in the category of inspections. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received nearly perfect inspection reports this year. Consequently, Fremont received one of our best ratings in that area with an A. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. The city also performed remarkably well in our long-term care category, where it earned an A- for that category. Rounding out its straight A profile, Fremont received an A- for its nursing score and an A- in the area of short-term care.