With 156,391 people, Cape Coral, Florida is a fairly large metropolitan area. Surprisingly, there are only 3 nursing homes there, which is not as many as we expected in a city of this size. Sadly, the nursing homes in this city received a city grade of D, which is a very poor score at the city level. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of North Port, which received an abysmal city grade of F. While neither city received a favorable grade, Cape Coral looks like a slightly better choice. The best thing we can say about this city is that it did not receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. Additional information about these categories is available below.
Despite receiving a terrible overall grade, the facilities in Cape Coral performed respectably in our short-term care category. In fact, it received a C in that area. In the area of short-term care, we try to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. We also wanted to point out that we awarded the city a grade of C in our long-term care category. In our final two categories, we gave Cape Coral grades of C and D for our nursing and inspections categories respectively. Even with an otherwise respectable performance, we are very concerned by this place's poor grade in inspections.