There are just 3 nursing homes in Manhattan, Kansas, providing for a population of 60,892 people. We awarded the nursing homes here a phenomenal city grade of A-. Even with just a couple of facilities, this is still quite an achievement. We were so impressed with Manhattan that we rated it as one of the top 500 cities in the entire country. This is impressive given that we ranked thousands of cities around the country. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its nursing homes' inspection scores, which we will address in the next section.
In addition to having excellent nursing homes on the whole, this city really excelled in the area of inspections, where we gave it an A. Not many cities performed better in this area. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Manhattan also performed spectacularly well in the area of nursing, with an A- for this category. Wrapping up its first-rate profile, the city earned an A- for its short-term care grade and a B in long-term care.