With 27,707 people, Palm City, Florida is a relatively small city. There are just 2 nursing homes there, which does not provide you with too many options. The nursing homes here received a phenomenal city grade of A-. Even with just a few facilities, this is still a great achievement. We also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Wellington, which received a city grade of B-. While there is nothing wrong with the nursing homes in Wellington, we found Palm City to be on a whole other level. We were so impressed with this city that we rated it as one of the 500 best cities in the nation.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed especially well in terms of its inspection grade. In fact, some of its facilities received nearly flawless inspection reports this year. Consequently, it received one of our best scores in that category with a grade of A. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. In addition, we also awarded this city an A in our long-term care category. Rounding out its report card, this place received a B+ for short-term care and a B+ in nursing. Palm City really did not have any weak links based on our assessment.