Nursing Homes in Boone, Iowa

With two nursing homes in the city, you only have a couple of choices in Boone, Iowa. We awarded this relatively small group of nursing homes a city grade of B, which is a quality grade. We also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of West Des Moines, which received a city grade of B. We found both cities to be good options, with the nursing homes in Boone being as good or better than the ones in West Des Moines. We were also pleased to find that this city's nursing homes didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about its category grades can be found in the next section.

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, many of the nursing homes in Boone performed especially well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received virtually perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, Boone received one of our best grades in that category with an A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. We also wanted to emphasize that we gave Boone an A- in our nursing rating. Lastly, this place received a B for its long-term care score and a C in the area of short-term care.