There are five nursing homes in Salinas, California, which at least gives you a few choices. The nursing homes in this city received an excellent city grade of B+. Even with a relatively limited selection of nursing homes, this is still a great sign. This is a better grade than most of the cities in the country. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
This city's nursing homes received a strong overall grade, but we also wanted to emphasize that some of its nursing homes received almost perfect health inspections the past few years. We awarded Salinas an elite grade of A- in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively insignificant. Salinas also received one of our higher scores in our nursing category, with a B+. Wrapping up its strong profile, the city received a grade of B for its long-term care score and a grade of B in the area of short-term care. This city didn't have any weak links as far as we could tell.