There are only 2 nursing homes located in Maquoketa, Iowa, servicing a population of 8,658 people. While it only has a couple of nursing homes, this city received a world class city grade of A-. By way of comparison, we gave the nursing homes in the local city of Davenport a city grade of B-, which is a decent grade. Nevertheless, we found the facilities in Maquoketa to be in a totally different league than the ones in Davenport. The best aspect of Maquoketa's strong report card was its nursing homes' inspection scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
On top of having excellent nursing homes overall, this city really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Few cities fared this well in this area. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. The city performed spectacularly well in the area of nursing as well. Consequently, it received a grade of A in this area. Wrapping up its top notch profile, we gave Maquoketa grades of A- and B for our short-term care and long-term care categories respectively.