With 144,195 people, Bridgeport, Connecticut is medium size city. Amazingly, there is only one nursing home in the city. We awarded the city's lone nursing home a grade of B-, which is a a respectable grade. For comparison's sake, we also looked at the facilities in the nearby city of Wallingford. With Wallingford receiving an awful city grade, we found the nursing home in Bridgeport to be rated much higher than most of the nursing homes in Wallingford. Although this probably is not a bad option, we wouldn't blame you if you want to explore nursing homes in other cities.
While its overall grade was fairly ordinary, this city's nursing home performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This city also received one of our better scores in the area of long-term care, where it earned a B+. In the other categories we looked at, Bridgeport were awarded a grade of C for its short-term care rating and a grade of D in nursing. Despite an otherwise decent profile, a nursing rating in this range may be an ominous sign for nursing staffing levels.