With a population of 81,147 , Jonesboro, Georgia is a medium size city. Surprisingly, there are just 2 nursing homes in the city, which is fewer than we expected in a city of this size. Unfortunately, these nursing homes did not excel from a quality standpoint. Its nursing homes were given a city grade of D, which is a very poor score at the city level. Surprisingly, this city's city grade was a bit better than the city grade of facilities in the local city of Mcdonough, which received an abysmal city grade. We would advise you to tread carefully in either city. Despite all of its shortcomings, one of the few highlights of this place's report card is its strong inspection score. You can scroll down to find out about inspections and other category grades
Despite receiving a terrible overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed much better in our inspections category. In fact, many of its nursing homes received relatively impressive government inspection reports this year. As a result, Jonesboro received one of our higher scores in that area with a B+. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid places that have a long list of deficiencies. Surprisingly, we also awarded Jonesboro a grade of C for our long-term care rating. In the other categories we looked at, this place received terrible grades for our short-term care and nursing categories respectively.