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. In fact, this city's city grade was far better than the city grade of nursing homes in the nearby city of Murrieta. While this grade are not terrible, we found Rancho Mirage to be on a whole other level. The best part of Rancho Mirage's strong profile was its nursing homes' inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed extremely well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Rancho Mirage also earned one of our higher scores in the area of short-term care, with a B+. In our final two categories, this place earned a B- for its nursing score and a B- in the area of long-term care.