With six options to choose from, there are a decent number of facilities in West Palm Beach, Florida. This city's nursing homes received a top-notch city grade of A-. This would be an achievement for any city, but it is even more impressive when you consider the number of nursing homes here. We also looked at the facilities in the nearby city of Stuart. We found the facilities in West Palm Beach to be rated much higher than the ones in Stuart. We were so impressed with West Palm Beach that we rated it as one of the top 500 cities in the entire country.
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded West Palm Beach an A- for our inspections category. Inspection grades are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. In addition, we also wanted to emphasize that we gave West Palm Beach an A- in our nursing category. Rounding out its excellent report card, West Palm Beach received an A- in our short-term care category and a B+ in the area of long-term care.