With a population of 23,080 people, Columbia City, Indiana is a small city. There are only 2 nursing homes in the city, which doesn't provide you with too many options to choose from. This place's nursing homes received a world class city grade of A-, so what this place lacks in quantity, it makes up for by having high quality nursing homes. By way of comparison, we gave the facilities in the nearby city of Elkhart a city grade of C, which is a below average score. Naturally, we found the nursing homes in Columbia City to be in a totally different league than the ones in Elkhart. On top of this, this city has the distinction of being one of the top three rated cities in the state of Indiana.
In addition to having excellent nursing homes overall, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where we gave it an A+. Few cities fared this well in this area. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. In addition, Columbia City also really excelled in the category of long-term care, where it received an A-. Wrapping up its quality report card, we gave the city a B in our nursing category and a B in the area of short-term care. We found this city to be very strong in each category we assessed.