With just three nursing homes in the city, there are only a few options in Tarpon Springs, Florida. We awarded the nursing homes here a strong city grade of B+. Even with just a couple of facilities, this is still a great sign. We found this city grade to be considerably better than the city grade of C received by the nearby city of Brandon. While that is not a terrible grade, Tarpon Springs appears to be in a totally different league. The best aspect of Tarpon Springs's strong profile was its nursing homes' inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
As mentioned above, this city received a great overall grade, but we especially wanted to point out that some of the city's facilities received nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave Tarpon Springs an impressive grade of A- in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. In addition, we also awarded this city an A- for our long-term care category. Rounding out its profile, this place earned strong grades for our nursing and short-term care categories as well.