There are two nursing homes in Santee, California, which at least gives you a few choices. This place's nursing homes received a superb city grade of A, so what this place lacks in quantity, it makes up for by having high quality nursing homes. We also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of La Jolla, which which also appears to be a strong option. Nevertheless, we found the nursing homes in Santee to be rated even higher than the ones in La Jolla. We were actually so impressed with this city that we ranked it as one of the top twenty five rated cities in California.
As mentioned above, this city's nursing homes received a strong overall grade, but we especially wanted to point out that we awarded Santee an impressive grade of A+ in this area. With a nursing rating in this range we would expect most of the facilities in Santee to have a high quality nursing staff. Santee performed especially well in terms of its inspection grade as well. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received nearly perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, it received an A in this category. Wrapping up its top notch profile, the city earned an A- for its short-term care score and a B in the area of long-term care.