Lexington, Kentucky has more nursing homes to choose from than the majority of American cities. Impressively, this place's nursing homes received an excellent city grade of B+. A city grade of this caliber is relatively uncommon in a city with this many nursing homes. In fact, this is one of the top twenty five rated cities in Kentucky. This statistic is a reminder that this state has plenty of cities with great nursing homes. This city's profile was also very consistent as it didn't receive a single weak category grade either. You can learn more about these in the next paragraph.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed remarkably well in the category of inspections. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received virtually flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, the city received one of our highest ratings in that area with an A. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. In addition, Lexington also earned one of our higher scores in our long-term care category, with a B+. Wrapping up its quality profile, Lexington received a B for its short-term care score and a B in nursing. This city did not have any weak links as far as we could tell.