Oakland, California has eight nursing homes to choose from, which is a decent selection. We gave the nursing homes here a very good city grade of B+, which is quite an accomplishment when you consider the number of facilities here. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Alameda. We found the nursing homes in Oakland to be in a totally different league than the ones in Alameda. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, many of the facilities in Oakland performed especially well in terms of its inspection grade. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received virtually perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, the city received one of our highest ratings in that category with an A-. Inspection ratings are based on several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Oakland also excelled in the area of nursing with a B+. Wrapping up its impressive report card, Oakland received a grade of B for its long-term care rating and a B in the area of short-term care. Oakland didn't have any weak links based on our assessment.