There is only one nursing home located in Hamden, Connecticut, providing for a relatively small population of 60,966 people. Fortunately, its only nursing home received an excellent overall grade of B+. In fact, Hamden is one of the ten highest rated cities in Connecticut. The best part of this nursing home's impressive report card is its short-term care rating. Short-term care grades are discussed in the following section.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city's only nursing home performed remarkably well in the area of short-term care. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. In calculating our short-term care grades, we assess a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is generally a solid measure of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. This place also performed remarkably well in our inspection category, where it received an A-. Wrapping up its impressive profile, the city earned a B+ in our nursing category and a B for long-term care. We found this city to be strong in each category we assessed.