With 30,356 people, La Crescenta, California is a small city. Unfortunately, there is only one nursing home there. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B-, which is a a decent rating. We also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of North Hills. With North Hills receiving an awful city grade, we found the nursing home in La Crescenta to be rated much higher than most of the nursing homes in North Hills. The best part of this facility's profile was is its short-term care grade. We discuss short-term care in the following paragraph in the paragraph below.
While this city's nursing home received a decent overall grade, its short-term care score is more impressive than its overall grade. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. In calculating our short-term care grades, we analyze a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is considered to be a fair measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. This nursing home also received one of our better scores in the area of nursing, where we gave it a B+ for the category. Finally, we awarded the city middle of the road grades in our inspections and long-term care areas respectively.