With five nursing homes in the city, there are only a few choices in West Lafayette, Indiana. These nursing homes in this city earned this city a quality city grade of B. West Lafayette proved to be one of the fifteen best cities in the state according to our ratings. This city's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing homes' inspection ratings, which we will address in the next paragraph.
On top of having excellent nursing homes overall, this city really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few cities fared this well in this category. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. The city received a B+ in the area of short-term care. Finally, the city earned middle of the road grades in our nursing and long-term care areas.