With just three nursing homes in the city, there are only a couple of options to choose from in Santa Cruz, California. This relatively small group of nursing homes in this city received a city grade of B-. This is comparable with most of the cities in the United States. You can continue reading to find more information about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
This city's nursing homes' overall grade was propped up by its impressive nursing score. We gave the city one of our better scores in this category, with a grade of B. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses working for the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses were with patients, in calculating our grade in this category. The city received quality inspection reports this year as well, earning a grade of B in this category. In the last two categories, Santa Cruz received slightly below average grades for our short-term care and long-term care areas.