With a population of 120,932 , Boulder, Colorado is an average size city. Surprisingly, there are just 2 nursing homes in the city, which is fewer than we expected in a city of this size. These nursing homes earned on average an overall grade of C. This isn't a terrible score, but it isn't as strong of a grade as we like to see either. This score unfortunately is on the wrong side of the national average. The best part of this place's report card was is its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next section.
This city's best category grade came in the area of nursing. In this category, we gave Boulder a B. Our nursing score weighs several datapoints, many of which are tied to nursing hours. This city earned its next best score in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-, which also isn't too bad. In the other categories we looked at, this place earned a grade of B- for its inspections score and a grade of D in long-term care. As you can see, this city's long-term care rating really pulled down its overall score.