With just two nursing homes in the city, you only have a few choices in Arkansas City, Kansas. This place's nursing homes received a very good city grade of B+, so what this city lacks in quantity, it makes up for by having high quality nursing homes. This city has the prestigious distinction of being one of the twenty five highest rated cities in all of Kansas. This datapoint is also a reminder that Kansas has a long list of cities with high quality nursing homes. This city's nursing homes were stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of the major areas discussed below. Additional information about these categories is available in the next paragraph.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city performed extremely well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded Arkansas City a grade of A- for this category, which is one of our best scores. Inspection scores are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Arkansas City also fared well in the area of government nursing with a grade of B+. Rounding out its quality profile, the city were awarded a grade of B+ for its short-term care grade and a grade of B in long-term care. Arkansas City really did not have any weak links based on our assessment.