Ontario, California is a large city with 166,856 people. The city has just 4 nursing homes, which is not as many as we expected in a city of this size. We awarded this relatively small group of nursing homes a city grade of B-, which is a respectable score. This is right about the middle of the road by national standards, which is nothing to be ashamed of. You can continue reading to find more information about how this city's nursing homes were rated in our category grades.
This city's nursing homes received a fairly ordinary overall grade, however, we really want to emphasize that some of its facilities nearly perfect health inspections in recent years. We gave it an elite grade of A- in this category. Inspection grades are based on many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. The city also received strong nursing score where it received a B in this area. In the other categories we looked at, the city earned a B for its long-term care grade and a grade of B- in short-term care.