With a population of 40,885 people, Los Altos, California is a small city. There are only 2 nursing homes there, which does not provide you with too many options to choose from. We awarded the nursing homes in this city a superb city grade of A-. Even with only a couple of facilities, this is still a great achievement. We found this city grade is considerably better than the city grade of D received by the nearby city of Milpitas. If you are choosing between these cities, Los Altos appears to be the clear favorite. This city's strong profile was highlighted by its nursing homes' short-term care grades, which we will address in the next paragraph.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city performed remarkably well in the area of short-term care. In fact, we awarded Los Altos a grade of A for this category, which is one of our best scores. Short-term care scores this high are a great sign for the levels of physical and occupational therapy staffing at the nursing homes in the city. We also wanted to point out that we gave the city an A- in our nursing rating. Rounding out its first-rate profile, this place earned grades of A- and B for our inspections and long-term care categories respectively.