With just two nursing homes in the city, you only have a couple of options in Dubuque, Iowa. The nursing homes in this city received a phenomenal city grade of A. Even with just a few nursing homes, this is still quite an achievement. By way of comparison, we awarded the nursing homes in the local city of Marion a city grade of A-, which is also a good score. Nevertheless, we found the nursing homes in Dubuque to be rated slightly higher than the ones in Marion. Topping off a great profile, Dubuque has the distinction of being one of the top three rated cities in Iowa.
As mentioned above, this city's nursing homes received a strong overall grade, but we especially wanted to point out that some of the city's facilities received nearly perfect health inspections the past few years. We gave Dubuque an impressive grade of A+ in this area. Inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category tend to have few severe deficiencies. In addition, we also wanted to point out that we awarded the city an A for our nursing category. Rounding out its straight A profile, Dubuque received top notch grades for our long-term care and short-term care areas as well.