With 89,275 people, San Marcos, California is medium size city. Amazingly, there is only one nursing home there. We gave the city's lone nursing home a grade of C, so it may be worth considering. Nationally, most cities received a higher grade than this place. One of the better aspects of this facility's profile is its strong short-term care rating, which we will address in the following paragraph.
While this city's lone nursing home received a middle of the road overall grade, its short-term care score is better than its overall grade. It received one of our higher grades in that category with a grade of B. Short-term care grades are commonly used to score a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to provide highly scored rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This nursing home also received one of our better grades in our inspections category, where it received a grade of B. Finally, this place were awarded a grade of C for its nursing grade and a grade of D in the area of long-term care. In spite of an otherwise respectable performance, this place's poor long-term care grade may be a concern for many prospective residents.