With 17,220 people, Rancho Mirage, California is a small city. There are just 2 nursing homes there, which does not give you too many choices. This city's limited supply of nursing homes received a strong city grade of B. We also wanted to point out that this place's city grade was even better than the city grade of nursing homes in the nearby city of Murrieta. The best part of this city's strong report card is its nursing homes' short-term care scores. Short-term care grades are discussed in the following section.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, the nursing homes in Rancho Mirage performed remarkably well in the area of short-term care. The city received one of our highest grades in that category with a grade of A. Short-term care scores of this caliber are a great sign for the levels of physical and occupational therapy staffing at the facilities in the city. Rancho Mirage performed extremely well in terms of its inspection grade as well. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received almost perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, Rancho Mirage received a grade of A- in that category. In our final two categories, Rancho Mirage earned slightly below average grades in our nursing and long-term care categories.