With 36,752 people, Dade City, Florida is a small city. There are only 3 nursing homes in the city, which does not give you too many options to choose from. These nursing homes here earned this city a city grade of B. By way of comparison, we awarded the nursing homes in the nearby city of Brandon a city grade of C, which is much lower grade. Naturally, we found the nursing homes in Dade City to be rated much higher than the ones in Brandon. The best part of this city's strong profile was its nursing homes' inspection grades. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, the nursing homes in Dade City performed spectacularly well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded Dade City an A for this category, which is one of our best scores. Inspection scores are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, Dade City earned a B for our short-term care category. Lastly, we gave Dade City middle of the pack grades in our nursing and long-term care categories.