There are six facilities in Daytona Beach, Florida, which should give you some choices. This city's nursing homes received a top-notch city grade of A-. We also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Sanford. We found the facilities in Daytona Beach to be in a totally different league than the ones in Sanford. This city's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing homes' inspection grades, which you can find in the next paragraph.
On top of having quality nursing homes on the whole, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where we gave it an A. Very few cities performed better in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. We also wanted to emphasize that we awarded Daytona Beach a grade of A- in our short-term care rating. Wrapping up its quality profile, Daytona Beach earned a B+ for nursing and a B+ for long-term care. Daytona Beach really did not have any weak links as far as we could tell.