With 3,264 people, Seneca, Kansas is a relatively small city. There are only 2 nursing homes in the city, which does not give you too many options. The nursing homes here received a world class city grade of A-. Even with only a couple of nursing homes, this is still quite an achievement. In fact, this is one of the top 250 cities in the entire nation. This is impressive given that we assessed thousands of cities around the nation. This city's strong profile was highlighted by its nursing homes' inspection reports, which we will address in the next section.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, many of the facilities in Seneca performed extremely well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of its facilities received almost perfect inspection reports this year. Consequently, Seneca received one of our highest ratings in that area with a grade of A+. Our inspection scores are tied to many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. The city also performed extremely well in the area of long-term care, where it received an A+ for that category. Rounding out its top notch profile, Seneca received an A- in our nursing category and a B for short-term care.