There are surprisingly only 2 nursing homes in Sylmar, California, providing for a population of 91,725 people. We gave the nursing homes in this city city grade of C, which is not as strong of a score as we like. We somewhat surprisingly found this city grade to be better than the grade we gave the nearby city of Winnetka. With Winnetka receiving such an awful grade, Sylmar certainly appears to be a better bet. Please continue reading to find more information about how this city's nursing homes performed in our category grades.
While this city received a decent overall grade, its nursing score is notably better than the city's overall grade. Sylmar received one of our higher grades in this category with a B. We weighed the licensure of nurses employed by the facility, in addition to the quantity of hours those nurses spent with patients, in determining our grade in this area. The city also received an impressive short-term care score where it earned a grade of B in this area. In the other categories we looked at, this place were awarded a grade of C for its long-term care grade and a C in inspections.