Lake Wales, Florida is an average size city with 37,098 people. The city has just 2 nursing homes, which does not give you too many options to choose from. These nursing homes received on average an overall grade of C. This isn't a terrible score, but it isn't quite as high of a grade as we like to see either. Nationally, most cities received a higher score than this place. This place was stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have bad scores in any of our four major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found in the next paragraph.
This city's best category was inspections, where Lake Wales received a grade of B-. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Inspections is this city's second best feature. The city received a grade of B- in this category. Lastly, Lake Wales earned a B- for its short-term care grade and a B- in the area of long-term care.