With just four nursing homes in the city, there are only a couple of choices in Gainesville, Georgia. We gave this city a city grade of B for overall nursing home quality. This is an average city grade nationally, which is nothing to be ashamed of. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, most of the nursing homes in Gainesville performed spectacularly well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded Gainesville an A+ for this category, which is one of our highest scores. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. In addition, Gainesville also fared well in the area of health long-term care with a B+. Lastly, we gave the city a grade of B in our short-term care category and a C in the area of nursing.