With just five nursing homes in the city, there are only a couple of options to choose from in Longmont, Colorado. We gave the nursing homes in this city a strong city grade of B+. Even with only a couple of facilities, this is still a high quality city grade. In fact, this city's city grade was far better than the city grade of facilities in the local city of Boulder. While the nursing homes in Boulder are not terrible, we found Longmont to be in a totally different league. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, most of the nursing homes in Longmont performed remarkably well in the category of inspections. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received nearly perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, we awarded it one of our highest ratings in that area with a grade of A-. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. The city performed remarkably well in the category of nursing as well. Consequently, we gave it an A- in that category. Rounding out its profile, the city earned grades of A- and C for our short-term care and long-term care categories respectively. Setting aside its long-term care grade, this city's other categories were outstanding.