With a population of 46,165 , Hilo, Hawaii is a small city. There are 5 nursing homes there, which should give you multiple choices. The nursing homes in this city received a first-rate city grade of A-. Even with only a couple of facilities, this is still quite an accomplishment. We were so impressed with this city that we ranked it as one of the top ten rated cities in Hawaii. Lastly, this city's category grades were just as strong as its city grade. You can find more information about these in the next paragraph.
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this city a grade of A in our nursing category. With a nursing rating in this range we'd expect many of the facilities in Hilo to have high levels of nurse staffing. The city also performed extremely well in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of A for that area. Wrapping up its quality report card, this place earned strong grades for our long-term care and inspections areas respectively.