With 7,098 people, Bloomfield, Iowa is a relatively small city. There are just 2 nursing homes there, which doesn't provide you with too many choices. We gave this small group of nursing homes a city grade of B-, which is a decent grade. This is comparable with most of the cities in the United States. This place is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have terrible grades in any of our four major categories. More information about these categories can be found in the next section.
This city's nursing homes' overall grade was propped up by its favorable government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better grades in this category, with a grade of B. Our inspection ratings are based on items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. In addition, Bloomfield also earned one of our better scores in our short-term care category, with a B. Finally, the city earned a grade of B- for its long-term care score and a B- in nursing.