Valdosta, Georgia is an average size city with 93,704 people. It features just 4 nursing homes, which is fewer than we expected in a city of this size. With a city grade of B, this city's nursing homes turned out to be good options. In fact, this place's city grade far surpassed the city grade of nursing homes in the local city of Tifton. While the nursing homes in Tifton are not terrible, we found Valdosta to be in a totally different league. The best part of Valdosta's impressive report card is its nursing homes' inspection ratings. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, many of the nursing homes in Valdosta 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. As a result, the city received one of our highest scores in that category with an A+. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Valdosta also received an impressive short-term care rating where it received a B in this category. In our final two categories, the city received slightly below average grades in our nursing and long-term care areas.