With 212,318 people, Des Moines, Iowa is a fairly large city. There are 12 nursing homes in the city, which gives you a variety of choices. These nursing homes received on average an overall grade of B, which is a quality rating for the city. This is an average city grade nationally, which is perfectly respectable. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong profile was its nursing homes' nursing grades. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
In addition to a strong overall grade, this city's nursing homes received one of our higher scores in the area of nursing with a B+. With a nursing score of this caliber we'd expect many of the facilities in Des Moines to have high levels of nurse staffing. The city also received favorable health inspections in recent years. In fact, we awarded it one of our higher grades in this category, with a grade of B+. In the last two categories, the city received a B+ for its short-term care rating and a grade of B- for long-term care.