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 B received by the nearby city of Santa Clara. Both cities have some quality nursing homes, but Los Altos appears to be in a totally different league. This city's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing homes' short-term care ratings, which you can find in the next section.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, many of the facilities in Los Altos performed spectacularly well in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded Los Altos a grade of A for this category, which is one of our highest scores. Short-term care ratings this high are a favorable sign for the levels of physical and occupational therapy staffing at the nursing homes in a city. Los Altos also performed extremely well in our inspection category, where it earned a grade of A- for that category. Wrapping up its profile, the city received a grade of B+ for its long-term care grade and a B+ in nursing. Los Altos did not have any weak links based on our assessment.