With two nursing homes in the city, you only have a few choices in Saint Simons Island, Georgia. The nursing homes here received a first-rate city grade of A-. Even with only a couple of nursing homes, this is still quite an accomplishment. We were so impressed with Saint Simons Island that we rated it as one of the three highest rated cities in all of Georgia. The best aspect of Saint Simons Island's impressive profile was its nursing homes' inspection ratings. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed especially well in terms of its inspection grade. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received nearly flawless inspection reports this year. Consequently, the city received one of our highest scores in that area with an A. Our inspection scores are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, Saint Simons Island performed spectacularly well in the area of long-term care as well. As a result, we awarded it an A in this area. Rounding out its impressive report card, the city received strong grades in our nursing and short-term care categories as well.