Pleasant Hill, California is an average size city with 33,569 people. The city has only 2 nursing homes, which doesn't give you too many options to choose from. Despite not having a ton of nursing homes, this city's nursing homes received an excellent city grade of B+. We also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Hayward, which received a city grade of B. As good as the nursing homes are in Hayward, we found Pleasant Hill to be even better. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
On top of having quality nursing homes on the whole, this city really excelled in the area of inspections, where we gave it an A. Few cities earned a better grade in this area. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. In addition, we also wanted to emphasize that we awarded Pleasant Hill an A- for our long-term care rating. In the other categories we looked at, we gave the city middle of the road grades for our nursing and short-term care areas.