With 166,616 people, Van Nuys, California is a fairly large metropolitan area. There are 6 nursing homes there, which gives you a variety of options. We gave the nursing homes here a city grade of C, which isn't as high of a grade as we like. We actually found this city grade is better than the grade we gave the nearby city of Winnetka. With Winnetka receiving such an awful grade, Van Nuys certainly appears to be a better bet. One of the highlights of this place's report card is its nursing homes' strong inspection grades, which is addressed in the following section.
It should also be noted that this city's inspection rating was better than its overall grade. In fact, we gave Van Nuys a grade of B for its inspection score, which is one of our higher scores. Our inspection scores are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. The city also received an impressive nursing score where it received a grade of B in this area. In the other categories we looked at, the city earned slightly below average grades for our short-term care and long-term care categories.