With 765,608 people, Fort Lauderdale, Florida is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States. There are 8 nursing homes there, which should give you plenty of choices. We awarded the nursing homes in this city a city grade of B, which is a perfectly respectable grade. This is an average city grade nationally, which is perfectly respectable. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, most of the facilities in Fort Lauderdale performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded Fort Lauderdale an A for this category, which is one of our highest scores. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. In addition, Fort Lauderdale received a B+ in the area of long-term care. Finally, this place received a B for its nursing score and a B- for short-term care.