Decatur, Georgia has six nursing homes to choose from, which isn't a bad selection. We gave the nursing homes in this city a city grade of B, which is a good grade. This is as good or better than the city grade of the average city in the United States. This city's nursing homes are better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories is available in the next paragraph.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, most of the nursing homes in Decatur performed remarkably well in our inspections category. In fact, some of its facilities received almost flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, the city received one of our best scores in that category with an A-. Our inspection ratings are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Decatur also excelled in the category of health long-term care with a B. In our final two categories, the city earned a B- for nursing and a B- in short-term care.