Porterville, California has only five nursing homes to choose from, so you don't have too many options to choose from. We gave the nursing homes here city grade of C, which is not as strong of a score as we had hoped for. This grade unfortunately is on the wrong side of the national average. Please continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes were rated in our category grades.
It should also be noted that this city's inspection grade was better than its overall grade. In fact, we awarded Porterville a B for its inspection grade, which is one of our better scores. Inspection grades are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well 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 risks to patient safety. This city's next best category is long-term care, where it received a B- in this category. Finally, the city received a B- for its nursing score and a B- in the area of short-term care.