With a population of 23,080 people, Columbia City, Indiana is a relatively small city. There are just 2 nursing homes there, which doesn't give you too many options to choose from. We gave the nursing homes here a top-notch city grade of A-. Even with just a couple of nursing homes, this is still a great achievement. In fact, this city's city grade was far better than the city grade of facilities in the local city of Fort Wayne. While the nursing homes in Fort Wayne are not that bad, we found Columbia City to be in a totally different league. As you might expect, this city ended up having 2 nursing homes that were awarded a grade of A- or better. Few cities have multiple nursing homes of this quality.
As mentioned above, this city's nursing homes received a great overall grade, but we also wanted to point out that some of the city's facilities received nearly perfect health inspections the past few years. We awarded Columbia City an impressive grade of A+ for this category. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. The city also really excelled in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. Rounding out its report card, this place received favorable scores for our short-term care and nursing categories as well.