With a population of 59,182 people, Lake Forest, California is a small city. There are only 2 nursing homes in the city, which does not give you too many options to choose from. We awarded the nursing homes here a top-notch city grade of A-. Even with only a couple of nursing homes, this is still quite an accomplishment. We also looked at the facilities in the nearby city of Orange, which received a city grade of C. We found Lake Forest to be on a whole other level. Lastly, this city's category grades were every bit as impressive as its city grade. You can learn more about these in the next section.
In addition to having quality nursing homes overall, this city's nursing homes really excelled in our short-term care category where it received a grade of A. Few cities earned a better grade in this category. With a short-term care score of this caliber we'd expect most of the facilities this city to a high functioning physical therapy and rehabilitation program. In addition, Lake Forest also performed spectacularly well in our nursing category, where it earned a grade of A- for that category. Wrapping up its report card, we gave Lake Forest a B+ for its inspections rating and a grade of B+ for long-term care. We found this place to be strong in each category we assessed.