With six nursing homes in the city, there are a fair number of facilities in Waterloo, Iowa. We gave this city a city grade of B based on overall nursing home quality. This is an average city grade nationally, which is nothing to be ashamed of. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded the nursing homes in Waterloo an A- in our inspections category. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. In addition, Waterloo also received one of our better scores in our nursing category, with a B+. In our final two categories, the city earned middle of the pack grades for our short-term care and long-term care categories.