Richmond, Indiana is a medium size city with 46,875 people. It has only 3 nursing homes, which does not offer you too many options to choose from. With a city grade of B, this city's nursing homes turned out to be respectable options. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of Xenia. We found the nursing homes in Richmond to be in a totally different league than the ones in Xenia. This city's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing homes' inspection reports, which is addressed in the next section.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, most of the facilities in Richmond performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded it an A for this category, which is one of our best scores. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Richmond earned a B in our short-term care category. In the last two categories, this place earned a B for its long-term care grade and a grade of C in nursing.