With just two nursing homes in the city, you only have a few choices in Arkansas City, Kansas. These nursing homes in this city earned this place a good city grade of B. This is an average city grade nationally, which is perfectly respectable. This city's nursing homes are better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of our major categories. Additional information about its category grades is available in the next paragraph.
In addition to a good overall score, this city's nursing homes also received one of our better grades in short-term care with a B. Our short-term care grade is typically used to assess a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To have highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. The city received quality inspection reports this year as well, earning a B in this category. In the last two categories, this place earned a B in our long-term care category and a B- in the area of nursing.