With just three nursing homes in the city, there are only a couple of options in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The nursing homes here received a very good city grade of B+. Even with only a couple of facilities, this is still a high quality city grade. In fact, this is one of the twenty five highest rated cities in all of Iowa. This statistic is also a reminder that this state has plenty of cities with great nursing homes. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, the nursing homes in Fort Dodge performed especially well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received nearly flawless inspection reports this year. Consequently, it received one of our highest scores in that category with an A. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fort Dodge also performed remarkably well in our nursing category, where it received an A- for this area. Wrapping up its impressive report card, we gave the city a grade of B+ in our short-term care category and a B for long-term care. We really found this city to be competent in every category.